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The Walker organ, which has two manuals and 21 stops, was installed
by D. J. Miller, organ builder of Orwell, Cambridgeshire, in 1982.
The organ was made playable but not completed, because funds ran
out. This work has now been resumed and when complete, the specification
will include 31 speaking stops with solid state action transmission
and a capture system for stop management. There was no organ case
to salvage from Hatcham, and the present fine case was designed
by local architectural designer, Charles Morris FRICS, a member
of this church, who explains that the painted finish was chosen
to blend more softly with the surrounding stonework.
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The geometry of the nave facade was
carefully devised so as to reflect but not counteract with the stone
arcading. The two 'arms' might be said to signify the outstretched
arms of Christ on the cross with the central opening the crown of
His head. It is proposed to place trumpet pipes en chamade within
this opening, which will represent respectively the Voice of God
and the Light of Life. The interlaced decoration unfolds, as might
a fugue, starting with a circle and developing into entwined hearts
which repeat at the base where the single form in the fish - the
earliest Christian symbol.
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