The organ is based on the surviving parts of the 1716 Gerard Smith organ; the case, front pipes and a rank of inside pipes, and 3 octaves of the original keys. The case and the surviving pipes have been studiously and carefully restored. The case had suffered, but the front pipes, unused since 1877, are in almost unaltered condition. The remainder is based on the organ at St Mary Finedon, which we thought was made by Gerard Smith in 1719 (cf Rimbault) but now turns out to be Father Smith 1704.

Most of our aims are combined in this project. The organ is an instrument of character, well-suited to its main task of complementing and encouraging the worship of the St Lawrence congregation. It is a new organ, reconstructing Handel's organ of 1716 from the surviving evidence. The organ is one of the very few on which the music of Handel and his contemporaries can be performed faithfully. Paul Nicholson has made a stunning recording of Handel's Organ Concertos with the Brandenburg Consort for Hyperion.