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[[Aeolian Company]] installed a large pipe organ at the hotel in 1930; it was moved a year later to the nearby [[American Women's Association clubhouse]].<ref name="ago">{{cite web|url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/BarbizonPlazaHotel.html|title=Barbizon-Plaza Hotel - New York City|work=New York [[American Guild of Organists]]|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref>
During World War II two floors of the hotel were reserved for the use of [[Royal Navy]] officers based in or passing through New York City. At this time there was a drug-store on the ground floor of the hotel.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hanson|first=Norman|title=Carrier Pilot|publisher=Macdonald Futura Publishers|year=1980|isbn=0708819516
[[Banque Lambert|Lambert Brussels Real Estate Corp.]] and [[Loeb Rhoades]] purchased the hotel in 1973 for $11 million, and affiliated it with the [[Penta Hotels]] chain.<ref>{{cite news|title=Foreigners rushing to buy large properties in U.S.|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|location=Spokane, WA|first=Carter B.|last=Horsley|agency=New York Times|date=September 9, 1973|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19730909&id=UB1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=7238,3224209|via=Google News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chain opens Munich hotel|newspaper=Atlanta Constitution|date=April 28, 1974|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164672/chain_opens_munich_hotel/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Despite the completion of $2 million of renovations, the hotel earned minimal profits for its new owners.<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Trump buys Barbizon-Plaza Hotel|newspaper=New York Daily News|first=Claudia|last=Cohen|date=March 17, 1981|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20164417/donald_trump_buys_barbizonplaza_hotel/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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