On Thursday 30th April the new woodwork in the console and the original Gern plate went off the Mr Hugh Brock for restoration of the plate and polishing of the new wood.

Also the wiring of the console was completed. The detail of the wiring is staggering. The metal tubes each side of the manuals are the stop switches. Each one has three separate sets of connections, one which is the output indicating whether the stop is drawn or not. The other two are inputs, one to pull the stop out, one to push it in. These are controlled by the combination pedals. This allows the organist to change the stops drawn (and therefore the sound) by means of pre-programmed pedals. These pedals are mounted on the board which is leaning up at the top of the picture.

Behind the keyboards in the centre of the console can be seen the computer control which translates every action of the organist and encodes it so that it can be communicated to the organ chamber down one "cat 5" wire (the sort that carries computer network information).