ST MARY

		It took nearly four years but at last we have a fine pipe organ at St Mary's, completed in 2005. The old organ built by Norman and Beard in 1908 was dismantled: it needed a vast amount of money spent on it, and in the end we were advised that it was not worth restoring. In its place was installed an organ from a redundant church: St Paul’s, Kirby Road, Leicester, which was largely made by Taylors of Leicester. Some of the pipes from our old organ were retained and added into the new instrument, and many new pipes have been specially made. The new instrument has over 2,500 pipes, and is now the largest instrument in the district, and has cost about £75,000. The work has been done by Roger Fifield, self employed Organ Builder, and his assistant, Rowan Almey, Electronics Engineer.
PETER HARRIS OUR ORGANIST AT THE CONSOLE

ROGER FIFIELD TOP AND ROWAN ALMEY OUR ORGAN BUILDERS Photo credit:- Ted Cottrill (freelance)		OUR VICAR BRIAN WITH ROGER AND ROWAN Photo credit :- Jim Tomlinson (Hinckley Times)