The musical service of the church dates back to its earliest days, when the violins, bass viol, flutes and trombones accompanied the singing before the development of reed and pipe organs. Among those who led in this part of the worship were the families of W.S.G. Kowles, J.H.P. Maddock, Wm. Crowe, G.M. Keeling, Mrs. Wm. Stevenson, Mr. George Smith, Mr. George Hough, and Mr. Wm. Wheatley.

While playing the bass viol in the chapel in the fifties, the late G.M. Keeling was seized with a paralytic stroke from which he never recovered

In 1860 the trustees purchased from Robert Scott a second-hand melodeon for 25 pounds, which was installed in the front of the rear gallery. Choirs had their troubles then, as now, and one Sunday mearly all the members rebelled against constituted authority, and the leader, the organist, and one soprano were left to lead the singing. But they managed it, and backed by the prompt action of the trustees, who instructed the leader to enroll a new choir, succeede in breaking the strike. About 1865-66 a reed organ was installed, which did duty until the installation of the pipe organ in 1876. Mr. William Crowe, who had been choir leader for nearly thirty years, retired in 1866, and Mr. William Wheatley succeeded him.