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Barton Organs (1926)

Rialto Square Theatre
102 N. Chicago Street
Joliet, IL

Images

2018-10-05 - Console (Photograph by Jole Martis, submitted by Rick Steinke/Rick Steinke)

Consoles

Main

Organ type: Horseshoe
Console position: Console on Lift
4 manuals
Key action Type: Electrical
Stop action Type: Electrical
Stop layout Type: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Manual compass: 61 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes

Notes

2017-07-19 - Information from <i>Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I</i> by David L. Junchen. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985<br> One-rank (Tibia) lobby organ controlled from auditorium console. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Typed stoplist Source: From Joliet Chapter ATOS website Date not recorded

Joliet, Illinois
Rialto Square Theatre

Barton Organs   1926   4 manuals, 22 ranks
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       FOUNDATION (left upper)             BRASS (right upper)
   16' Diaphonic Diapason               8' Tuba Mirabilis
   16' Oboe Horn                        8' English Post Horn
   16' Concert Flute

       MAIN (left lower)                   SOLO (right lower)
   16' Tuba Horn                        8' Trumpet
    8' Tibia Clausa                     8' Tibia Clausa
    8' Clarinet                         8' Orchestral Oboe
    8' Viole d'Orchestra                8' Kinura
    8' Viole Celeste I                  8' Saxophone
    8' Viole Celeste II                 8' Solo String I
    8' Quintadena                       8' Solo String II
    8' Vox Humana                       8' Vox Humana

                          LOBBY
                       8' Tibia


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2017-07-19]

Websites

Joliet Area Theatre Organ Enthusiasts (JATOE) - The Joliet Area Theater Organ Enthusiasts (JATOE) are a group of volunteers founded in 1971 that are dedicated to preserving and furthering the use and understanding of the Theater Pipe Organ, it's music and it's heritage. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Related Pipe Organ Database Entries

#60310 - ATOS Members (1981ca.)