Organ
The organ was built by Bevington and Sons of Soho Square London in 1866 and was originally fitted in St. John's Church, Old Harlow It was moved to this chapel in around 1905. We used to have a gallery all round the chapel and the organ was built into the gallery.
In the 1950s an electric blower was fitted. In 1971 the interior of the chapel was changed, the side galleries were removed and the organ was stored in the hall in full working condition. In 1976, Brian Bunting overhauled the mechanism and fitted the organ in its present position. To reduce its depth the swell box was placed against the wall. This only allows tuning to be done through the swell shutters but reduced the depth by 18 inches. As this left insufficient space for the large air reservoir, it was removed and a pressure regulator was fitted instead.
The organ was positioned alongside a pillar, which further reduces its apparent size. A 30-note pedalboard replaced the original 18-note one.
In 1981 the 54-pipe pedal unit was fitted and the casework was completed in 1982.
All the show pipes except the 8 metal pipes at the end are used.
The pitch was set to A = 452, which was the norm in 1866,
when the organ was built, and is half a semitone above today’s pitch of A=440.
Thus it cannot be used to accompany other instruments.
Unfortunately half the pipes cannot be tuned to today's pitch without each being extended by 3%.
The single manual has 6 stops and the pedal unit has 4 stops.