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Lavenham Parish Church
Pipework of the 1885 Father Willis organ acquired in 1996 from St. Swithun, Bournemouth. The instrument was purchased, dismantled and moved to Lavenham by the Rector, Revd Derrick Stiff with volunteer help and assistance from Lance Foy, organ builder, and Daniel Campbell, former organist of St. Swithun's, under the guidance of John Bailey of Bishop & Son; Father Stiff did much of the rebuilding work, with help from parishioners as necessary; the only changes made during rebuilding were to move the Swell Tremulant to the Choir, and to replace the old relays with solid state switching.
The tradition continues: the current Organist and Director of Music, Stephen Hogger, is undertaking the present restoration.
Recently, the Choir Organ has been modified by the removal of pseudo-Baroque ranks and the addition of pipework from the organ by Godball, last in Hadleigh Baptist Church and from elsewhere.
Lavenham Parish Church
Pipework of the 1885 Father Willis organ acquired in 1996 from St. Swithun, Bournemouth. The instrument was purchased, dismantled and moved to Lavenham by the Rector, Revd Derrick Stiff with volunteer help and assistance from Lance Foy, organ builder, and Daniel Campbell, former organist of St. Swithun's, under the guidance of John Bailey of Bishop & Son; Father Stiff did much of the rebuilding work, with help from parishioners as necessary; the only changes made during rebuilding were to move the Swell Tremulant to the Choir, and to replace the old relays with solid state switching.
The tradition continues: the current Organist and Director of Music, Stephen Hogger, is undertaking the present restoration.
Recently, the Choir Organ has been modified by the removal of pseudo-Baroque ranks and the addition of pipework from the organ by Godball, last in Hadleigh Baptist Church and from elsewhere.