Bartola Musical Instrument Company

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The Bartola Musical Instrument Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, was a producer of theater pipe organs during the age of silent movies.

Barton_Opus_245_3-13_console_02%2C_Michigan_Theater_%28Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan%29.jpg — Console of the 3/13 Barton Theater Pipe Organ at Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater, showing Barton's special red and gold console decoration which came to be known as "circus wagon" style.

Spectacular console of the original installation 3 manual, 14 rank "Rhinestone Barton" theatre organ, installed in Theatre Cedar Rapids (the former RKO Iowa Theatre), Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Barton_organ_originally_installed_in_the_Chicago_Stadium%2C_Chicago_IL_USA%3B_console_detail.jpg — Detail of console of Barton organ originally installed in the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois. This was the largest console built by Bartola, and controlled the largest Barton organ ever built.

Barton_organ_originally_installed_in_the_Chicago_Stadium%2C_Chicago_IL%2C_USA%2C_detail_of_console_showing_right_stop_jambs..jpg — Detail of console of Barton organ originally installed in the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, showing the massive quantity of stopkeys on the right side of console.