Job number: A338

The organ was built in 1936 and believed to have had 4 ranks of pipes: Diapason, Rohr Gedeckt, Salicional and Viola. The opening recital was given by Jimmy Taylor who was Technical Director at Compton on 23rd May 1936. Like most Compton organs, all the pipework (with the exception of some of the basses) is fully enclosed.  However, this organ differs from the usual Compton practice in that only the Salicional rank is fully extended.  

In 1979 the organ was rebuilt by Longstaff and Jones of Oakengates, Telford. They replaced the Compton unit chests for Roosevelt chests, removed the whiffletree machine and replaced it with a wooden lever. They also replaced the original Compton relays with solid state action.

In 1992 the original Viola rank was removed and Flute, Oboe and Trumpet ranks added. This work being undertaken by Trevor Tipple which resulted in the present specification:

PEDAL
Bourdon 16'
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Octave to Pedal

GREAT
Contra Salicional 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Salicional 8'
Rohr Gedeckt 8'
Principal 4'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Swell Sub Octave to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Swell to Great

SWELL
Salicional 8'
Flute 8'
Salicet 4'
Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Oboe 8'
Trumpet 8'
Sub Octave
Octave
Tremulant (affects all divisions)

ACCESSORIES
3 double touch thumb pistons to great and pedal
3 double touch thumb pistons to swell and pedal
3 toe pistons to pedal and great
3 toe pistons to pedal and swell
2 pedal coupler canceller thumb pistons
1 reversible toe piston - great to pedal
3 ventil switches
Double touch canceller to each department

Images of the console and inside the organ. Photos courtesy of James Brookes.

Images from a local newspaper cutting reporting on the opening event on 23rd May 1936. Photos courtesy of James Brookes.