Editing Hammersmith Apollo (section)

== The Compton pipe organ ==
[[File:Apollo organ console small.jpg|thumb|right|Restored organ console, 2007]]
The original 1932 [[John Compton (organ builder)|Compton]] [[pipe organ]] remains installed at the Apollo and was fully restored to playing condition in 2007.<ref name="HWS2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.ssfweb.co.uk/hws/html/project1.html|title=Project - The Apollo|year=2007|publisher=HWS Associates LLP|access-date=1 June 2018}}</ref> It has a four-manual console which rises through the stage on a new lift and about 1,200 organ pipes housed in large chambers above the front stalls ceiling. Having fallen into disrepair, the organ was disconnected in the 1990s and the console removed from the building. At the insistence of [[English Heritage]] and the local council, however, it was reinstated and the entire organ restored. At a launch party, on 25 July 2007, an invited audience and media representatives witnessed a recital by Richard Hills.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzcVN3Fu4w| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/RFzcVN3Fu4w| archive-date=18 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Youtube video of organ launch party|publisher=YouTube|date=26 July 2007|access-date=14 October 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>