A Morton  
For The New Holland Theatre  

Board members from COTOS recently assisted a group from Bellefontaine, OH in removing a 1928 vintage 2/6 Robert-Morton Theatre Organ from a barn near Athens, OH. This group is restoring the Holland Theatre in Bellefontaine to its original single screen/stage configuration. They plan to install it in existing chambers designed for an organ but never actually used. The instrument was originally from the Ritz Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Our high tech, climate controlled storage facility Inside: The hermetically sealed vault
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Robert-Morton Tibias, and a nice Carlstead chest Passersby look on in awestruck silence
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