The Samuel Green pipe organ at the Parish Church of Saint John the Evangelist dates from 1792 with the Church having been consecrated in 1825.  The instrument was originally built as a Drawing Room organ and was therefore adapted for use for worship in a Parish Church context, notably with the addition of a foot pedal board. However, the significant alterations to the organ carried out by Kingsgate Davidson in 1951 have been widely held to have detracted from the integrity of the organ as a Samuel Green instrument. And, despite the very best of regular care and attention, the organ had over the years deteriorated to a generally poor condition with a clearly demonstrable need for major repairs and restoration. The specification for the works carried out in 2022, as approved by faculty from the Chancellor of the Diocese of Oxford, set out achieve something of a balance between the fullest possible restoration to the original 18^th century specification and enabling the organ to continue to be used for public worship here at St. John’s, including retaining the later addition of the foot pedal board but now in a “stand-alone” form. This does mean that the restoration work that has now been carried out does not in any way preclude a full and complete restoration of the organ to its 1792 condition should there be those who wish to do that in the future.