Compton theatre organ console (1936, from Ritz Cinema), Barrow-in-Furness) at Louth Town Hall, Lincolnshire

References

• North Lincolnshire Theatre Organ Preservation Society. OrganFax Directory. "The North Lincolnshire Theatre Organ Preservation Society was formed in 1970 and the organ was purchased in 1972 as scrap, the console and pedal board having been destroyed by water during the East Coast floods of the 1950's. A replacement console was purchased, this came from the Savoy Leyton, and it was a very early Compton Kinestra with a serial number of 4 and dated back to 1928. The Illuminated Surround came from the Ritz Huddersfield off a Wurlitzer, one of the few with an Illuminated Surround, and the only one with an Illuminated Seat. The Louth Borough Council altered the balcony and built the organ chamber at a cost of £1900, the rest being given by the society.”, “Since the Compton has been installed it has been enlarged by the addition of five further ranks these being a Diapason from the Gaumont Derby, and a Vox Humana from the Carlton Essex Road, London. During 2004, Clarinet and Krummet ranks from the Regal Cinema Canterbury, a Diaphone from the Gaumont Derby and a String Celeste from the New Victoria London have been installed. This brings the specification now to 3/10. In the summer of 2005, the console has been changed for a more modern one (1936) which was removed from the Ritz Cinema Barrow in Furness in 1965 and has been in storage for 40 years until being brought to the Town Hall."
• Louth Town Hall, Lincolnshire. The Cinema Organ Society. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved on 2013-04-30. "The Compton was originally installed in the Queens Hall Cinema in Grimsby in 1935, at a cost of approximately £6000 and Reginald Dixon from the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool opened it in that year. It was the first Cinema Organ in the area, being followed in 1936 with the Compton in the Regal, Grimsby and in 1937 by a further Compton in the Ritz, Cleethorpes. When installed it was a 2 manual, 5 rank organ, the ranks being Tibia, Trumpet, Tuba, Flute and Violin-Cello. The organ was installed at the side of the stage area and played through the screen and curtains. One of the first resident organists was W. Henson Maw and another famous theatre organist, Noel Briggs, taught himself to play the theatre organ on this instrument when he was the junior projectionist at the Cinema. ..."