Me playing the Compton organ at St Thomas's Church in Henbury which is situated just outside Macclesfield, Cheshire. The organ was built by the famous John Compton Organ Company Ltd in the 1950s and is known as the "Miniatura III" model. It is built upon the extension principal and has 3 ranks of pipes: Diapason, Gemshorn and Flute. The specification reads: PEDAL Sub Bass 16' Flute 8' Great to Pedal Solo to Pedal GREAT Tenordon 16' Diapason 8' Gemshorn 8' Hohl Flute 8' Octave 4' Gemshorn 4' Fifteenth 2' Super Octave 2' SOLO Contra Flute 16' Diapason 8' Gemshorn 8' Hohl Flute 8' Gemshorn 4' Flute 4' Nazard 2.2/3' Flautino 2' ACCESSORIES 3 thumb pistons to Great 3 thumb pistons to Solo 1 reverse thumb piston - Great to Pedal 1 reverse thumb piston - Solo to Pedal 1 balanced expression pedal - Diapason, Gemshorn and Flute 1 balanced expression pedal - Crescendo Double touch canceller to each department For this first video im playing the worship song 'Autumn Days' which makes u! se of the tremulant stop in the verses. Comptons were of course famous for their cinema organs in the 1930s and shades of these can be heard in the verses. Many thanks to Reverend Gary Bowness for allowing me access to this 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 youtube. For more information on the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and to see me play other Compton organs ...
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