The organ of St Paul’s was built by the illustrious firm of organ builders, William Hill & Sons of London, in 1900. It was purchased with donations raised by the Anglican community in order to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1900. It is a two manual mechanical action instrument of seven speaking stops with a straight action pedal-board. Having served the liturgy for many years, the organ was renovated in the 60’s. After 30 years, the organ was in desperate need of a complete overhaul. The task was entrusted to Michael Latham of Northampton. It was decided to return the voicing of the organ to the original Hill sound without compromising the brilliance and volume needed for the liturgy. Nowadays, the Hill organs are highly valued and although the organ of St Paul’s has changed a little bit since its original form, it continues to be an organ of high quality that we are all proud of having.

[The Hill organ has limited stops and thus the authentic reproduction of all the organ works cannot be achieved. The result though promises to show their sensitivity despite the compromise.]

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