Organ
A Compton Organ was specially designed for the Civic Hall and it is believed that the console was designed by the architects. The organ was made up of over 5,500 pipes and contained an early electronic division known as a Melotone. G. D. Cunningham, then Birmingham City Organist, had the distinction of being the first musician to play there. Two Borough Organists have served Wolverhampton at the Civic Hall, Arnold Richardson (1938–1973) and Steve Tovey (1991–present), the latter becoming City Organist in 2001.
The Organ was also re-built and enlarged in 2001, and is now capable of being played as a cathedral organ or theatre organ. Regular classical and theatre organ concerts are still held. Steve Tovey gives a brief demonstration of the civic hall organ
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