My God, how wonderful thou art - Chris Lawton at St James Church, Elmers End, London

Me playing the organ at St James Church, Elmers End in the London borough of Bromley.

The organ was built for the church in 1935 by the John Compton Organ Company and consists of 4 ranks pipes all fully enclosed plus the patent 32ft polyphonic bass all played from a detached stopkey console- typical Compton practice. The organ is a wonderful example of the work of the Compton company in the 1930s and happily retains its original specification:

PEDAL
Sub Bass 32'
Bourdon 16'
Echo Bourdon 16'
Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Flute 4'
Tromba Bass 16'
Tromba Minor 8'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

GREAT
Bourdon 16'
Diapason 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Octave 4'
Salicet 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Swell to Great

SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Salicional 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Echo Cymbale III
Contra Tromba 16'
Tromba Minor 8'
Octave Tromba 4'
Tremulant (affects all divisions)

ACCESSORIES
4 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
4 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Great to Pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - Swell to Pedal
1 balanced expression pedal - organ
1 balanced expression pedal - crescndo
Double touch canceller to each division
Ventil switches
Voltmeter

For this first video im playing the hymn 'My God, how wonderful thou art' to the tune 'Westminster (Turle)' which shows off the main tone colours on the organ as well as some more softer registrations and also the tremulant.

Many thanks to Reverend Leon Carberry for allowing me access to this wonderful 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/