PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS
A big THANK YOU to all who have contributed.
The appeal is now closed, we raised just under £17,000.
On 28 April, we closed the appeal for the repairs to the church’s organ. Taking account of the last-minute rush as the closing date approached, we raised just under £17,000 over a period of three and a half months. More than 50 of you contributed.
That’s an amazing result - thank you all for your generous response.
The total raised is about £4,800 more than the cost of the immediate repairs. As promised, the excess will go into our Piano and Organ fund for future work on these instruments.
We will need to have specialists clean and service several hundred pipes in the organ in about five years’ time and this could cost over £20,000. So it’s great that you have already laid the foundations for funding that work.
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The excess donated will be put into the piano and organ fund for future work on these fine instruments
Fun facts... There have been four organs since the church was built. The first lasted 55 years and was in the original chancel (now the house next door). The second (pictured) was also in the chancel and, although it was much damaged by a shell which blew in the east window in 1940 it was used until 1964. The third organ was reinstated in the specially enlarged West Gallery. It was too big when the church was reordered in 2001-2003, so it was replaced with the current organ, a fine historic one from St Paul, Dock Street, in the old East End, that closed in 1990. This organ was installed in our north aisle in 2003, and looks as though it has always been there.
19 February 2024: Update! Work has started to fix the blower - here are some amazing images of inside our organ
