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Rector
The Rectory
The Green
Long Melford
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 9DT
Telephone
01787- 310845
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The Melford choir sings at the 10.30 a.m.Sunday
services and at the 6.30pm Choral Evensong the first Sunday of
the month at Holy Trinity. Choir practices are on Friday evenings at 7.45 p.m. Each year, on the first Sunday after
Ascension Day, the choir used to sing hymns from the top of the tower; now
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main organ was built in 1867, slightly altered in 1892 and again rebuilt in
1983 by the same leading English firm of J W Walker and Sons now based
in Suffolk. When first installed there were insufficient funds for the
pipe work for the third manual, and so it was again in 1983. This
time, though, as well as useful improvements being made, the manual nearest
the player was made a coupler manual combining the sound from the swell and
great manuals. The result is that what appears to be a three-manual
organ is a two-manual organ with a manual coupler. It is fortunate
that standing at the far end of the north aisle, a favourite position at the
time, the pipes have a good space in which to speak. It is a
comfortable instrument to play. There are other larger and "better"
organs even in the near-vicinity. However they may have disadvantages;
one with many really beautiful stops is difficult for the player who is not
well sited to hear the effects; another is in a church with a really wide
chancel.
The beautifully varied casson
positive organ - again with plenty of spotted metal - can be found in
the Lady Chapel. We are fortunate indeed and were surprised when the Organ
Club included Holy Trinity in its tour of South Suffolk in April 2000. |
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