Me playing the organ at Community of Christ Church in Denton, Manchester.

The organ was built for the church in around the mid 1960s by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and is the CH2 model with the speakers and associated equipment all contained within the console. The specification reads:

PEDAL
Contra Bass 16'
Bourdon 16'
Flute 8'
Flute 4'

GREAT
Quintaton 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Spitzflote 8'
Octave 4'
Rohrflote 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Trumpet 8'
Mute

SWELL
Contra Viol 16'
Geigen Diapason 8'
Lieblich Gedeckt 8'
Salicional 8'
Principal 4'
Wald Flote 4'
Flautina 2'
Mixture IV
Contra Fagotto 16'
Cornopean 8'
Clarinet 8'
Clarion 4'
Mute

GENERAL
Vibrato On/Off
Vibrato Light/Heavy
Vibrato Fast/Slow
Reverberation
Bass Sustain
Treble Sustain

PRESETS
Diapason Chorus
Baroque Chorus
Full Swell

For this first video im playing the hymn 'O Jesus, I have promised' to the jazzy tune 'Hatherop Castle'.

Many thanks to Carol Proctor for allowing me access to this fine 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/