A new organ being installed at a city cathedral will “break down barriers” for the whole community, according to one of the team behind its installation.
The organ at Gloucester Cathedral has been played digitally since 2022, after an electrical failure, but a new organ is now being built inside the 350 year old case.
The new instrument, being built as part of the £3m In Tune Project, is designed to better support singing, after the previous one, built in 1971, was controversially designed for concert music.
Assistant director of music at Gloucester Cathedral, Jonathan Hope, said while the organ is “a complicated machine”, it also “does break down barriers”.
