Complex sentence: This instrument plays an important part in leading the church choir and ceremony every week, however when it was first installed there was a weekly recital which was widely known in the neighbourhood, and which received a great deal of recognition in the local papers.
Split into simpler sentences: This instrument plays an important part in leading the church choir and ceremony every week. When it was first installed, there was a weekly recital which was widely known in the neighbourhood, and which received a great deal of recognition in the local papers.