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This new organ was used for the first time on 23rd March 2003. The organ is arranged over two manuals and pedals. The console is in the new gallery and has been designed as a 'key desk' rather than using the more traditional stop knobs, thus reducing its height and allowing the player to see over the top of the console. The pipework is arranged in the north and south tower arches with the Swell and Pedal Organs in the south arch and the Great Organ in the north. The Swell Organ has shutters on both sides of the south arch and the Great Organ has manually controlled shutters on the gallery side of the north arch thus allowing the organist to adjust the level of sound admitted to the gallery when the choir is performing. The main pipe display is that of the Great Organ in the north arch. The entrance to the building is on this side and the pipe display was designed to be visually arresting, providing a blaze of colour as people enter the church. To this end the use of flamed copper to the front pipes has been employed, along with silver and green for the other pipes. One of the conditions of English Heritage for the building of the new gallery was that the west window (considered to be the finest in the building) should be fully revealed. This has been achieved by the use of glass for the front of the gallery. The new console is largely made of glass, as are the shutters to the Swell and Great Organs. The colours used in the organ have been taken directly from the uncovered west window. The fact that much of the mechanical action is on view has aroused much interest amongst members of the congregation and visitors to the church.
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