Me playing the organ at St Ann with Emmanuel Church in the Robin Hood Chase district of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
The organ was originally built probably around the early 1950s for another church (not sure where) and then installed here in around 1996 where it replaced a previous instrument. In true Compton style, the organ is completely enclosed and built on the extension principal using 4 ranks of pipes which are Open Diapason, Hohl Flute, Salicional and Trumpet. The chamber grille can be seen in the background on this video. The specification reads:
PEDAL
Sub Bass 16'
Flute 8'
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
GREAT
Open Diapason 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Octave 4'
Flute 4'
Salicet 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Super Octave 2'
Tierce 1.3/5'
Swell to Great
SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Flute 4'
Salicet 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Piccolo 2'
Cymbale III
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarion 4'
Tremulant (effects all divisions)
ACCESSORIES
4 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
4 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
4 toe pistons to Pedal
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
4 ventil switches
For this first video im playing the hymn 'Oft in danger, oft in woe' to the tune 'University College' which makes use of the main sounds on this instrument ending with full organ including the 16 foot Trombone on the pedal.
Many thanks to the church wardens for allowing me access to this wonderful Compton organ.
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/
