Me playing the organ at Wallington United Reformed Church, Sutton, London - part of my 'summer in the city 2012' organ crawl of London celebrating youtube, my youtube channel and the John Compton Organ Company Ltd.
The organ was built sometime during the 1950s by the famous John Compton Organ Company Ltd, is the "Series 4" model and like most Compton's it uses the "extension" principal. However, what makes this organ different is that it uses a "Harmonic Flute" as opposed to a more standard "Hohl Flute". The other ranks are: Open Diapason, Salicional and Trumpet. Originally the console was situated in front of the chamber but at some point during the early 1980s it was moved to its present location on the opposite side of the chancel. The specification remains original and reads:
PEDAL
Acoustic Bass 32'
Sub Bass 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
GREAT
Bourdon 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Harmonic Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Octave 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Salicet 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Super Octave 2'
Fifteenth
Swell to Great
SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Harmonic Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Piccolo 2'
Cymbale III
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarion 4'
Tremulant (affecting whole organ)
ACCESSORIES
4 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
4 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
4 toe pistons to Pedal and Great
4 toe pistons to Pedal and Swell
1 canceller thumb piston - Great to Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Swell to Pedal
1 balanced expression pedal - organ
1 balanced expression pedal - Crescendo
Double touch canceller to each department
Voltmeter
4 ventil switches
For this first video im playing the hymn "Yes, God is good" to the tune "Williams" which shows off the main tonal colours on the organ for accompanying congregational hymn singing.
Many thanks to the church officials for allowing me to play another example of a Compton organ and of course a big thank you to my subscribers and followers - your support and encouragement means a lot.
NOTE: this is purely my interest in order to make sure that these fine organs are archived forever and I do not make any monetary profit by this video being on dailymotion.
For more information on the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and to see me play other Compton organs, please click on the following link for my site dedicated to the John Compton Organ Company Ltd:
http://comptonorgans.yolasite.com/
