All things bright and beautiful - Beckminster Methodist Church, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton

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Me playing the organ at Beckminster Methodist Church in Penn Fields, Wolverhampton.
The present church was opened in June 1926 and the organ built by Bishop and Son as a 2 manual instrument. In 1970 the organ was rebuilt by Reeves and Merner of Stoke-on-Trent and again by Tom Sheffield of Birmingham in 1985 where the original action was replaced by electric, the positive division added and the present detached stopkey console. Following some water damage in 2009, the organ was restored by Michael Thompson of Burton-upon-Trent. The specification reads:
PEDAL
Contra Bourdon 32'
Open Diapason 16'
Sub Bass 16'
Lieblich Bourdon 16'
Principal 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Fifteenth 4'
Twenty Second 2'
Mixture III
Positive to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Pedal Melodic to Swell
POSITIVE
Rohr Flute 8'
Dulciana 8'
Gamba 8'
Flute 4'
Gemshorn 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Tierce 1.3/5'
Twenty Second 1'
Trompette 8'
Swell to Positive
Tremulant
GREAT
Open Diapason 8'
Clarabella 8'
Principal 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture II
Trumpet 8'
Swell to Great
Positive to Great
Pedal Melodic to Great
Great and Pedal combinations coupled
SWELL
Lieblich Bourdon 16'
Violin Diapason 8'
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Echo Gamba 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Geigen Principal 4'
Mixture III
Closed Horn 8'
Sub Octave
Unison Off
Octave
Tremulant
ACCESSORIES
8 thumb pistons to positive
8 thumb pistons to great
8 thumb pistons to swell duplicated by toe pistons
8 toe pistons to pedal
8 general thumb pistons
5 reversible thumb pistons
2 reversible toe pistons
1 general cancel thumb piston
1 setter thumb piston
1 balanced expression pedal - positive
1 balanced expression pedal - swell
Piston memory channels
I am playing the old well known hymn "All things bright and beautiful" from the Methodist hymnal 'Hymns and Psalms'.
Many thanks to the church officials for allowing me access to this superb instrument.

[@RobCharles1981]

Sounded nice that Chris!