Tell me the old, old story - Chris Lawton at Upper Caldecote Methodist Church, Biggleswade

Me playing the organ at Upper Caldecote Methodist Church just outside Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.

The organ was originally built by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd in 1948 and is the 3 rank 'Miniatura' model. In around 1995 the organ was overhauled by David Miller of Cambridge. This included installing solid-state action, a large scale Diapason rank, unenclosed and playable on the great and a few tonal alterations. The specification reads:

PEDAL
Sub Bass 16'
Diapason 8'
Flute 8'
Fifteenth 4' *
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

GREAT
Tenordon 16'
Open Diapason 8' *
Gemshorn 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Principal 4' *
Gemshorn 4'
Octave Quint 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2' *
Swell to Great

SWELL
Diapason 8'
Gemshorn 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Flautina 2'
Octave
Tremulant (affects whole organ)

ACCESSORIES
3 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
3 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Great to Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Swell to Pedal
1 general cancel thumb piston
1 balanced expression pedal - organ
1 balanced expression pedal - crescendo
Double touch canceller to each department
Voltmeter

* denotes new unenclosed Diapason rank

Im playing the hymn 'Tell me the old, old story which makes use of several different tone colours available on this instrument.

Many thanks to the stewards and organist for allowing me access to this fine instrument and for such a wonderful 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/