The Barton pipe organ originally installed in Chicago Stadium boasted six manuals (keyboards) and over 800 stops, with thousands of pipes and percussions installed in the center ceiling high above center …

designed Bar West Madison Street. The seating ton organs in two of Mr. Harmon's capacity is 25,000, with 18,000 per Chicago ballrooms, installations manent seats in three balconies and made six years …

This is the complete video of Jack Moelmann playing the 6/54 Barton Theatre Pipe Organ in the Chicago Stadium in 1994 before a hockey game and just before they tore the stadium down.

The Chicago Stadium Barton Console is once again controlling a pipe organ, but this time with a fully operational combination action in the residence of Phil Maloof LAS VEGAS, NV!

The original Chicago Stadium organist, Al Melgard, at the mighty Barton organ... He'd play his own composition, "My Vision" as the final selection...

Feb 22, 2025 · One of the most unique features of Chicago Stadium was its massive Barton organ. With its 3,663 metal pipes built into the stadium's structure, it could produce sounds as loud as 25 brass …

The instrument played by Al Melgard in this recording is the organ in Chicago Stadium, world’s greatest unit pipe organ. Some notion of the vastness of the instrument’s sound system may be gained from …

The largest Barton ever built was installed in the Chicago Stadium sports arena. The organ was installed in the center ceiling, and had 51 ranks of pipes of massive scale as well as the usual percussion, …

Nov 17, 2025 · A theatre organ, such as the Chicago Stadium organ, was designed specifically for accompanying silent films, providing music for vaudeville acts, and later for general entertainment in …

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