The organ at St. John's was built by Norman and Beard in 1899 (opus 330) and spent a lot of its working life in Bailey Hill Methodist Church, Luton. The closure of Bailey Hill coincided with the opening of St. John's in 1962 and the organ was a late addition to the new church.
| Great | Open Diapason | 8' |
| Stopped Diapason | 8' | |
| Octave | 4' | |
| Swell | Gamba | 8' |
| Lieblich Gedeckt | 8' | |
| Principal | 4' | |
| Oboe | 8' | |
| Pedal | Bourdon | 16' |
| Couplers | Swell to Great | |
| Swell to Pedal | ||
| Great to Pedal | ||
| 2 56 key manuals with mechanical key action | ||
| 30 note parallel concave pedal board with pneumatic action | ||
| Balanced swell pedal | ||
The organ was cleaned and tonal modifications were carried out to the Great Organ in 1994 by Edmund R Stow of Derby. The Open Diapason was revoiced with the treble pipes replaced and the original Great 4' flute was replaced by the Octave. Replacement pipes came from the 1885 Conacher organ largely destroyed by fire in Queen's Hall, Derby. The original trigger swell pedal was replaced by a balanced mechanism.
David Burchell played the rededication recital in February 1995. David is now Organist at St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
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