To start off 2012 I went to the Masonic Hall in St Helens, Merseyside to play the Compton electrone organ model 357 which was installed here in March 1960.

As can be seen in the video, the organ has been incorporated into the case of a previous instrument with the speaker cabinet behind the now redundant pipe facade.

The specification reads:

PEDAL
Contra Bass 16'
Bourdon 16'
Echo Bass 16'
Octave 8'
Flute 8'
Flute 4'
Trombone 16'
Trumpet 8'

MANUAL I
Bourdon 16'
Diapason 8'
Wald Flute 8'
Gemshorn 8'
Octave 4'
Open Flute 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Tromba 8'

MANUAL II
Contra Salicional 16'
Geigen Diapason 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Principal 4'
Stopped Flute 4'
Flautino 2'
Sesquiltera II
Contra Oboe 16'
Cornopean 8'
Clarinet 8'
Clarion 4'

ACCESSORIES
Tremulant
1 balanced expression pedal - pedal and manual I
1 balanced expression pedal - manual II