Chris Lawton at the organ of Southampton Guildhall: In the gloaming

[oldbear52]

Very fine and sweet sounds, sir!!!

Thank you for sharing!

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@oldbear52 thank you for your encouragement Dave!

[007vauxhall]

What a lovely sound Chris, the acoustics of the building too are just right for it I thought, and very well played. Nice tune . Many thanks :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@007vauxhall Thank you Paul! The acoustics are just super and the melotone......there is no sound quite like it!

[cornwall59]

This is a very nice sound here Chris.....

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@cornwall59 thank you! The patent Compton melotone unit was such an advanced thing at the time - a sound without pipes! It was this which was used in the developement of the 'electrone' which is what I have in my front room!

[goodchappy]

I believe this is the largest Compton in terms of ranks (50) in the UK which is double the size of the largest Wurlitzer in the UK.

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@goodchappy quite a thought of how much space would have been taken if it had been built on conventional principals!

[RobCharles1981]

That was great Chris :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@RobCharles1981 Thanks mate as always!

[RobCharles1981]

@ChrisLawtonorganist Your Welcome :-)

[JamesEncliffe]

Just got the music (thanks to the Lester Levy collection) and this is now in my "repertoire" LOL I'll use it tomorrow for a voluntary :)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@JamesEncliffe Excellent James! You must do a youtube of it yourself!

[JamesEncliffe]

What an incredible sound! The piece itself is so perfect for this registration choice! Amazing! I think this is now my fav of all your videos!! Thank you :)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@JamesEncliffe THANK YOU for that most encouraging comment James! Very much appreciated and valued!

[kejcolley]

Another boster!

Even though his Compton was somewhat further West along the coast, there were real shades of Dudley Savage, methinks!

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@kejcolley thanks mate! The melotone is what I really love about Comptons.