The company built about 250 theater organs from 1918 to 1931.
The cinema is also home to one of the few working theatre organs in the country.
Many composers got their start by playing the theatre organ.
As large theaters were built, Barton began to build theater organs.
It is regarded as one of the finest theatre organs in the world.
At one time, there were 800 theater organs in Brooklyn.
One of his first projects was installing a theater organ there, where it still remains and plays.
The words of the story are in screen titles, so the orchestra, like the old theater organs, can pull out all the stops.
This stop is very common in church organs and indeed theatre organs.
The theater organ achieved a brief period of prominence from about 1900-1935, and had its own repertoire.