{"id":1700,"date":"2026-01-07T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/?p=1700"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:18:31","slug":"last-service-for-organ-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/last-service-for-organ-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Service for Organ"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block_c6f0a1625ed10c46b98b3ef892cc0882 class=\"post-page-banner align\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grand-organ-appeal.jpeg\n   )\">\n  <div class=\"container content-container text-center d-flex align-items-center flex-column justify-content-center\">\n    <h1 class=\"text-white\">\n      Last Service for Organ\n    <\/h1>\n    <h2 class=\"h3 text-white\"><time class=\"dt-published\" datetime=\"2026-01-07T17:15:02+00:00\">\n      7 January 2026\n    <\/time><\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Organ was played for the last time at the evening service on Tuesday 6th January.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Festal Eucharist for the Feast of the Epiphany at 5:15pm, the Director of Music, Assistant Director of Music and Organ Scholar each played piece on the Organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over one hundred attended a reception provided by the Friends of Wells Cathedral to mark the last time the Cathedral Organ is played, prior to the restoration which will take almost two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electronic-Organ-Console-and-North-Transept-Reception.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The gathering in the North Transept <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Dean thanked the Friends of Wells Cathedral for committing  to funding over \u00a32,2m towards the \u00a33.2m total bill and for their continued support for the Cathedral.   The Friends continue to lead on the Grand Organ Appeal and all funds raised will be sed for the rebuilding and renovation of the Organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <br>Meanwhile the new temporary organ is in place and will be used while the Grand Organ is dismantled and rebuilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wellsfriends.org\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Director-of-Music-and-Temp-Organ-Console.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Timothy Parsons, Director of Music, with the console of the Temporary Organ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final time that the Organ was played for a service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1],"class_list":["post-1700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grand-organ-appeal","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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