Barton Organs
1927
Indiana Theatre
136 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN, US
17 Ranks
Instrument ID: 49090 ● Builder ID: 376 ● Location ID: 43219
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STOPLISTS
| MAIN CHAMBER | ||
| 16' | Tuba🛈 | |
| 16' | Diaphonic Diapason🛈 | |
| 8' | Tibia Clausa🛈 | |
| 8' | Clarinet🛈 | |
| 8' | Viole d'Orchestre🛈 | |
| 8' | Viole Celeste I🛈 | |
| 8' | Viole Celeste II🛈 | |
| 8' | Oboe Horn🛈 | |
| 16' | Concert Flute🛈 | |
| 8' | Vox Humana🛈 | |
| Chrysoglott🛈 | ||
| Trap Counter: | ||
| Bird Song (on Chrysoglott), Steamboat Whistle, Fire Gong, Acme Siren, Auto Horn, Triangle |
| SOLO CHAMBER | ||
| 8' | English Post Horn | |
| 8' | Trumpet | |
| 16' | Solo Tibia Clausa | |
| 8' | Kinura | |
| 8' | Orchestral Oboe | |
| 16' | Saxophone | |
| 16' | Solo Strings [sic] | |
| 8' | Solo Vox Humana | |
| Xylophone | ||
| Glockenspiel | ||
| Wood Harp | ||
| Chimes | ||
| Piano | ||
| Trap Counter: | ||
| Tambourine, Castanets, Woodblock, Bird Song, Tom-Tom, Cymbal | ||
| Trap Counter: | ||
| Bass Drum, Kettle Drum, Crash Cymbal |
The specification lists 18 ranks, although the organ was reported as being 17 ranks.
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CONSOLES
Builder: Unknown
Position: Console on Lift
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
3 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note PedalElectrical Key ActionElectrical Stop ActionStop Layout: Stop Keys in Horseshoe Curves
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Adjustable Combination Pistons
Control System: Unknown or N/A
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DETAILS
This instrument is: Not Extant and Not Playable in this location
The contradiction in number of ranks has not been resolved. Photos and documentation from the Indiana ATOS website for the Warren Center for the Performing Arts suggests that all ranks are original. One photo shows a Tibia on its own unit chest installed at an angle in the corner of a chamber. It is possible this was an addition when Carlton Smith and the Indiana Chapter restored and installed the organ. The stoplist given in the 2007 OHS Atlas lists 18 ranks with pipe counts in the 1927 specification, although the text states that it was 17 ranks. The Atlas identifies the Junchen book asa one of its sources. The stoplist is copied here from that volume as presented.
Database Manager on July 30th, 2018:
Information from Encyclopedia of the American Theatre Organ, Vol. I by David L. Junchen. Pasadena: Showcase Publications, 1985.
"228 organ"
Database Manager on December 19th, 2011:
Identified through online information from Jeff Scofield. -- The website for the organ says it now has 18 ranks, but the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE ORGAN, Volume I, by David Junchen, says it had 17 ranks at installation in the 3,200-seat Indiana Theatre; removed from the theater in 1990 by the Central Indiana Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society and rebuilt and restored by them prior to its installation in the Warren Performing Arts Center in Indianapolis in 1997.
Webpage Links: Central Indiana Chapter - American Theatre Organ Society
Related Instrument Entries: Carlton Smith Pipe Organ Restorations (1997)
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