Rock of ages, cleft for me - Chris Lawton at Wesley Methodist Church, Kingswood, Bristol

Me playing the organ at Wesley Methodist Church in Kingswood, Bristol.

The organ here was originally built by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd in 1965 for Speedwell Methodist Church, Bristol and cost £782. It came here to Wesley in 2004. It is the rare HE2 with theatre organ specification including Vibraphone and Chimes effects but also ideal for accompanying hymn singing. The specification reads:

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

LOWER
Bass Flute 8'
Tuba 8'
Flute 8'
Vox Humana 8'
String 8'
Flute 4'
String 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Mute

UPPER
Horn 16'
Tibia 16'
Tibia 8'
Trumpet 8'
Clarinet 8'
Oboe 8'
Cello 8'
Tibia 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Piccolo 2'
Vibraphone
Chimes
Mute

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

PRESETS
Diapason Chorus
Baroque Chorus
Full Swell

For this first video im playing the hymn 'Rock of ages, cleft for me' to the tune 'Petra' to show off the organs capabilities as a church instrument. The Chimes stop can be heard at the very end.

Many thanks to the stewards here for allowing me access to this wonderful and now rare model of Compton electronic 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/