Come now, and praise - Our Lady and the Apostles Catholic Church, Shaw Heath, Stockport

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Me playing the organ at Our Lady and the Apostles Catholic Church in Shaw Heath, Stockport.

The following information is taken from a local history website:

The church contains a 3 manual pipe organ with 49 speaking stops and 2088 pipes. The organ was originally built by the local organ builders Hardy & Son as a 2 manual instrument. The organ was rebuilt and considerably enlarged by the Manchester company of Jardine & Co in 1955. In 1985 George Sixsmith, organ builders, carried out further changes including the rebuild of the choir organ as well as adding new pipes and other minor changes. Apart from the changes to the choir section, the instrument remains largely similar to the rebuild of 1955. The specification reads:

PEDAL
Open Wood 16'
Open Metal 16'
Bourdon 16'
Contra Dulciana 16'
Octave Wood 8'
Diapason 8'
Flute 8'
Octave Flute 4'
Mixture III
Trombone 16'
Double Trumpet 16'
Tromba 8'
Schalmei 4'
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal

CHOIR
Open Diapason 8'
Lieblich Gedeckt 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Chimney Flute 4'
Flageolet 2'
Tierce 1.3/5'
Larigot 1.1/3'
Cymbel II
Krummhorn 8'
Tromba 8'
Tremulant
Swell to Choir

GREAT
Double Open Diapason 16'
Large Open Diapason 8'
Open Diapason 8'
Clarabella 8'
Principal 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture III
Tromba 8'
Octave Tromba 4'
Choir to Great
Swell to Great
Great and Pedal pistons combined

SWELL
Open Diapason 8'
Rohr Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Gemshorn 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Twenty-Second 1'
Mixture II
Oboe 8'
Tremulant
Double Trumpet 16'
Cornopean 8'
Clarion 4'
Sub Octave
Unison Off
Octave

MISCELLANEOUS
Full Organ
Organo Pleno
Cymbelstern

ACCESSORIES
6 thumb pistons to choir
6 thumb pistons to great
6 thumb pistons to swell duplicated by toe pistons
6 toe pistons to pedal
6 general thumb pistons
6 reversible thumb pistons
1 reversible toe piston - great to pedal
1 general cancel thumb piston
1 setter thumb piston

I am playing the hymn "Come now, and praise the humble saint" to tune 'St Bernard' from the Catholic hymnal 'Laudate'.

Many thanks to the church officials for allowing me access to this superb instrument.