This short article by organist David Drinkell gives an overview of the Moot Hall Organ’s history up to 2014, before the Heritage Lottery-funded restoration of 2014-15. It can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
A History of the Moot Hall Organ by David Drinkell
Subsequent to the restoration, David played the inaugural recital of the celebrations around the re-commissioning of the organ.
In 2019, David died suddenly after a short illness (read his obituary here); a great loss to the world of organists, church music, and his friends in Colchester and far beyond.