Church House, Westminster

In the Summer of 1939, the authorities of Church House, Westminster commissioned Comptons to build a large 3 manual instrument for the Assembly Hall of their new building.  The organ was a combination of pipework for the Great, Swell, Choir and part of the Pedal divisions with electronic tone production for the Solo and the remainder of the Pedal.  The organ was opened on 10th June, 1940 and had the following specification: 

PEDAL				CHOIR

Sub Bass 			16'	Contra Dulciana 		16'

Great Bass 			16'	Bourdon 			16'

Contra Bass 			16'	Open Diapason 			8'

Violone 			16'	Dulciana 			8'

Dulciana 			16'	Stopped Diapason 		8'

Bourdon 			16'	Dulcet 				4'

Octave 				8'	Stopped Flute 			4'

Flute 				8'	Twelfth 				2.2/3'

Flute 				4'	Fifteenth 			2'

Harmonics 			32'	Acuta 				II

Trombone 			16'	Bassoon 			16'

Baryphone 			16'	Orchestral Oboe 		8'

Fagotto 			16'	Tromba 			8'

Tromba 			8'	Octave Tromba 			4'

Choir to Pedal				Swell to Choir

Great to Pedal				Sustainer

Swell to Pedal				Tremulant

GREAT				SWELL

Double Open Diapason 		16'	Contra Viola 			16'

Open Diapason 1 		8'	Open Diapason 			8'

Open Diapason 2 		8'	Viola 				8'

Dulciana 			8'	Celeste 				8'

Stopped Diapason 		8'	Harmonic Flute 			8'

Octave 				4'	Viola 				4'

Dulcet 				4'	Celeste 				4'

Superoctave 			2'	Octave Flute 			4'

Mixture 			IV	Fifteenth 			2'

Tromba 			8'	Cymbale 			III

Swell to Great				Fagotto 			16'

Choir to Great				Trumpet 			8'

					Fagotto 			8'

SOLO (on Choir)			Clarion 			4'

Contra Tibia 			16'	Tremulant

Tibia 				8'

Diapason 			8'

Wald Flote 			8'

Unda Maris 			8'

Dolce 				8'

Tibia 				4'

Flute 				4'

Nazard 				2.2/3'

Flautino 			2'

Cor Anglais 			8'

Clarinet 			8'

Kalophone 			8'

French Horn 			8'

Vibrato

Usual pistons and accessories

Sadly this instrument had a short life for it was destoyed in a bombing raid.