Me playing the organ in the East Chapel of Golders Green Crematorium, London.

The organ was built in 1934 by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and is Miniatura model consisting of 3 ranks of pipes - Diapason, Flute and Salicional. The specification reads:

PEDAL
Sub Bass 16'
Flute 8'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

GREAT
Contra Flute 16'
Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Octave 4'
Salicet 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'

SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Flautino 2'
Tremulant (affects all divisions)

ACCESSORIES
3 double touch thumb pistons to Great and Pedal
3 double touch thumb pistons to Swell and Pedal
1 balanced expression pedal - organ
1 balanced expression pedal - crescendo
3 ventil switches
Double touch canceller to each division
Voltmeter

For this first video im playing the hymn 'Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine' which shows off the main tone colours on this instrument to accompany hymn singing.

Many thanks to the Director of Music at Golders Green for allowing me access to this gem of a 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 metacafe.

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/