Me playing the organ at St John the Evangelist Church in Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath.
The organ was built in the mid 1930s by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and like most Compton organs, all the pipework (with the exception of some of the basses) is fully enclosed. However, this organ differs from the usual Compton practice in that only the Salicional rank is fully extended. The organ was overhauled in the 1980s by Trevor Tipple of Worcester with some tonal modifications to give the present specification:
PEDAL
Bourdon 16'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Octave to Pedal
GREAT
Contra Salicional 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Rohr Gedeckt 8'
Principal 4'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Swell Sub Octave to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Swell to Great
SWELL
Salicional 8'
Flute 8'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Oboe 8'
Trumpet 8'
Sub Octave
Octave
Tremulant (affects all divisions)
ACCESSORIES
3 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
3 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
3 toe pistons to Pedal and Great
3 toe pistons to Pedal and Swell
2 pedal coupler canceller thumb pistons
1 reversible toe piston - Great to Pedal
3 ventil switches
Double touch canceller to each department
Im playing the hymn 'Baptise with your spirit' to the tune 'Merle's Song' from the new Methodist hymn book 'Singing the Faith'.
Many thanks to Alison and Les Hurley for allowing me access to this fine Compton organ and for such a friendly welcome.
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/
