Owners of an antique store in Tekonsha installed it there, which was where Mike and Penny Kinter encountered it around the same time they opened the Mole Hole of Marshall. Unfortunately, the young Crissy was murdered around 1974, and the organ was sold by the estate. Mark Crissy, of nearby Albion purchased the organ and installed it in his home. It was used there until the theatre building was sold to a regional hardware store chain around 1970. A regular midnight jam session took place on weekends, with local musicians joining in, always featuring the Barton.
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In 1958, the theatre and organ were sold to the Marshall Civic Players. Even now, there are those who refer to the Barton as "Maureen's Organ." Later, she played an electronic organ around the corner in the legendary Schuler's Restaurant. The organ was heard regularly in the theatre under the capable hands of local organist Maureen Purcell, who played it throughout it's history there. A typical Barton trap action included Tambourine, Castanets, Wood Block, Tom-Tom, Cymbal and Bird Song. The only tuned percussions were a 37-note Xylophone and 13-note Cathedral Chimes.
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The two-manual instrument offered a finished panel console, and featured four ranks 16' - 2' Stopped Flute, 8' - 4' Open Diapason, 8' - 4' Viol d'Orchestre and 8' - 4' Vox Humana. In 1927, the Bartola Musical Instruments Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin sold Organ 220 to the Garden Theatre in Marshall, Michigan, allowing the trade-in of a Bartola photoplayer sold to the theatre in 1920.