In 1971 the remains of the Compton Organ Company Ltd were acquired by Mr J Pilling of Rochdale. For the first few years the company produced instruments using the Compton electrostatic technique of sound production and were called 'Compton Makin'. The Compton name was dropped by the mid 1970s so this gives an idea of how old this instrument is. The organ also features a rotofon speaker.
The specification of this instrument reads:
PEDAL
Open Diapason 16'
Salicional 16'
Octave 8'
Bass Flute 8'
Fifteenth 4'
Mixture III
Posaune 16'
Pedal enclosed
GREAT
Open Diapason 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Principal 4'
Wald Flute 4'
Octave Quint 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture IV
Clarinet 8'
SWELL
Hohl Flute 8'
Dulciana 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Stopped Flute 4'
Nazard 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Blockflote 2'
Tierce 1.3/5'
Larigot 1.1/3'
Sifflote 1'
Mixture III
Horn 8'
GENERAL
Full Great
Swell to Great
Tremulant
Full Swell
The chapel contains a Compton electrone model 'Cantata' in the vestry also dating back to the late 1960s.
