St Matthews is fortunate to retain the substantial pipe organ that was gifted to the church in 1930. Built by Fred Taylor of Melbourne, it still retains much of the rich, romantic sound palette of its original English pipework,  along with a magnificent casing designed by the Church architects.

After nearly a century of use, several of the more prominent pipe ranks have considerable corrosion, partly due to Manly's salty sea air, making them difficult to maintain and tune. Although other parts of the organ were cleaned in 1980, work on the ‘reed’ pipes was deferred and now, 45 years later, there is a pressing need to clean and restore their inner mechanisms for continued service.

The organ, as part of the church, has National Trust heritage recognition. Tax deductible donations for this remedial work can be made to the fund administered by the National Trust, with receipts issued by the Parish office on behalf of the National Trust. The estimated cost of the four pipe ranks is $42,000.

St Matthews has a great history of worship through music, sustained for decades by the organ alone. That tradition continues at  the 8am services, and the organ has been effectively used in recent times in the more contemporary services also. There are numerous recordings on Youtube.