Crown him with many crowns - St Lawrence and St Paul Church, Pudsey (Compton organ)

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Me playing the organ at the Parish Church of St Lawrence & St Paul in Pudsey situated between Leeds and Bradford, West Yorkshire.
The organ was originally built and installed in 1873 by the Sheffield firm of Brindley and Foster at a cost of approximately £1,300. In 1952 the organ was rebuilt by the famous John Compton Organ Company Ltd which included much new pipework, electric action, the Compton patent 32ft Polyphonic Bass and a detached stopkey console situated on the opposite side of the church to the pipes. The organ is an excellent example of the work done by Compton's on rebuilding other instruments. The present specification reads:
PEDAL
Sub Bass 32'
Open Wood 16'
Violone 16'
Sub Bass 16'
Quint 10.2/3'
Octave Wood 8'
Flute 8'
Ophicleide 16'
Posaune 8'
Clarinet 16'
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
CHOIR
Double Dulciana 16'
Salicional 8'
Gedeckt 8'
Dulciana 8'
Viol d' Orchestre 8'
Concert Flute 4'
Dulcet 4'
Dulcet Twelfth 2.2/3'
Dulcet Fifteenth 2'
Flautina 2'
Tierce 1.3/5'
Acuta II
Clarinet 8'
Tromba 8'
Sub Octave
Octave
Swell to Choir
Tremulant
GREAT
Double Open Diapason 16'
Open Diapason 1 8'
Open Diapason 2 8'
Open Diapason 3 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Dulciana 8'
Principal 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture IV
Tromba 8'
Choir to Great
Swell to Great
SWELL
Bourdon 16'
Geigen Diapason 8'
Rohr Flute 8'
Echo Gamba 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Principal 4'
Wald Flute 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture III
Contra Fagotto 16'
Trumpet 8'
Oboe 8'
Clarion 4'
Sub Octave
Octave
Tremulant
ACCESSORIES
6 double touch thumb pistons to choir and pedal
6 double touch thumb pistons to great and pedal
6 double touch thumb pistons to swell and pedal
6 toe pistons to pedal and great
6 toe pistons to pedal and swell
1 canceller thumb piston - choir to pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - great to pedal
1 canceller thumb piston - swell to pedal
1 general cancel thumb piston
1 balanced expression pedal - choir
1 balanced expression pedal - swell
Double touch canceller to each department
Voltmeter
For this first video, I am playing the hymn "Crown him with many crowns" to the tune 'Diademata' which makes use of the main sounds on this instrument.
Many thanks to church officials for allowing me access to this wonderful Compton organ.
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:
comptonorgans.yolasite.com/
REQUEST: I am always on the lookout for Compton organs to play - particularly electrones - so if you know of any churches which still have these then please do let me know. I will happily give a donation or pay any applicable room hire charge.