Chris Lawton at the organ of Freemantle United Reformed Church, Southampton: Jesus calls us here

Me playing the organ at Freemantle United Reformed Church in Shirley, Southampton.

The present church was opened in 1957 to replace the original church which had been destroyed during the blitz in world war two. The organ is built by the John Compton Organ Company Ltd and is a typical example of the instruments that Comptons were building for small churches in the post-war period. As usual for Compton, the organ is built on the extension principal using 4 ranks of pipes (Diapason, Flute, Salicional and Trumpet) all housed in a fully enclosed chamber which at Freemantle speaks through an ornamental grille at the front of the church. The specification reads:

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

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

SWELL
Contra Salicional 16'
Hohl Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Flute 4'
Salicet 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Flautina 2'
Cymbale III
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'
Clarion 4'
Tremulant

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

For this first video im playing the hymn 'Jesus calls us here' out of the new Methodist hymn book ;Singing the Faith' which demonstrates the main sounds on this instrument.

Many thanks to organist Jim Crisp for allowing me access to this fine 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 youtube.

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• reformed
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• shirley
• southampton
• hampshire
• compton
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[oldbear52]

Very nice, this one Chris!

Thank you as always for sharing!!!

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@oldbear52 my pleasure Dave! Thank you as always for your encouragement.

[007vauxhall]

Nice hymn this Chris, nice view of the two manuals too. Thanks :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@007vauxhall thanks Paul! This turned out great - I was a bit concerned when I first arrived that views of the console would not be possible due to the layout but it all worked out great!

[kejcolley]

Very nice sound and well played - new hymn & tune to me.

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@kejcolley thanks mate! Another one out of 'Singing the Faith'.

[cornwall59]

Nice Chris & a new one to me!

[RobCharles1981]

@ChrisLawtonorganist :-)

[ChrisLawtonorganist]

@RobCharles1981 thanks mate - thats Comptons for you!

[RobCharles1981]

Very Nice that Chris it's amazing what 4 Ranks of Pipes on an instrument like that can do :-)