Meanwhile, at the Chapel itself, a major alteration was made which gave the main building its present outline. The members decided to purchase and install an organ. The instrument built in 1842 by James Mosley, organ builders of Halifax, is still in use today, though it has now been modernised by replacing the old hand bellows with an electrical mechanism. A detailed list survives for the cost of the organ (held at County Archives) as follows:-
Shelley Methodist Church
The Organ
Paid James Mosley, organ builder, Halifax, for the organ in full
Paid James Battye for Ale
Paid Josh. Taylor, joiner, for preparing place of organ buffet, curtain rods, etc.
Paid for curtains and trimmings,
Paid Abel Addy, blacksmith, for sundries
Paid Abel Addy, blacksmith, for curtain rings
£
42
1
44
s
0
5
9
13
5
1
14
d
0
0
7
6
0
10½
11½
TOTAL
