Jesus lives! Thy terrors now - Christ Church, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton

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Me playing the organ at Christ Church in Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton.

The organ was built originally by Bishop & Son and rebuilt by Michael Thompson in the early 1980s. The specification reads:

PEDAL
Open Diapason 16'
Bourdon 16'
Octave Diapason 8'
Flute Bass 8'
Fifteenth 4'
Choral Bass 4'
Trombone 16'
Tromba 8'

CHOIR
Lieblich Gedact 8'
Gamba 8'
Flute 4'
Piccolo 2'
Clarinet 8'
Tuba 8'
Tremulant

GREAT
Bourdon 16'
Open Diapason 8'
Hohl Flute 8'
Principal 4'
Harmonic Flute 4'
Twelfth 2.2/3'
Fifteenth 2'
Mixture III
Tuba 8'

SWELL
Violin Diapason 8'
Rohr Flute 8'
Viol D' Orchestre 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Salicet 4'
Fifteenth 2'
Cornopean 8'
Oboe 8'
Tuba 8'
Tremulant

COUPLERS
Choir to Pedal
Great to Pedal
Swell to Pedal
Swell Sub Octave to Choir
Swell Octave to Choir
Swell to Choir
Choir Sub Octave to Great
Choir Octave to Great
Choir to Great
Choir Sub Octave
Choir Octave
Swell Sub Octave to Great
Swell Octave to Great
Swell to Great
Swell Sub Octave
Swell Octave
Great and Pedal pistons combined
Swell reeds on Choir

ACCESSORIES
3 thumb pistons to choir
4 thumb pistons to great
4 thumb pistons to swell duplicated by toe pistons
4 toe pistons to pedal
1 general cancel thumb piston

I am playing the hymn "Jesus lives! Thy terrors now" to the tune 'St Albinus' from the Methodist hymnal 'Hymns and Psalms'.

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