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Archival description- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
- Sub-Series
- 1986 - 1993
Part of Chapel
This sub-series focuses on the history of the 1993 Organ in the School Chapel. After the 1930 organ expired and was replaced by a computer organ in the 1980s, the headmaster Graham Smallbone commissioned for a new organ to be built. Some items highlight the various proposals, the correspondence focuses on the building and installation of the organ and the photographic file finally shows the organ in Chapel.
Peter Collins
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/8
- Item
- 07/1990
Part of Chapel
A proposed specification for a new organ in the School Chapel sent by Peter Collins, Organ Builder.
Peter Collins
A plan of the new organ and case
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/3-CHA/5/2/3/1
- Item
- 17/07/1990
Part of Chapel
A 1:20 scale plan for the new organ and case; a proposal by Peter Collins Ltd.
Peter Collins
A quotation to build a new organ
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/7
- Item
- 07/1990
Part of Chapel
A quotation sent by Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to design and build a new organ in the School Chapel. Six pages A to F.
Peter Collins
A letter from Peter Collins to the Bursar
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/9
- Item
- 23/07/1990
Part of Chapel
A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the School Bursar, Lt Col Reay, regarding the purchase a a new organ. It is believed that the item was enclosing the quotation CHA/5/2/2/7 and the specification CHA/5/2/2/8.
Peter Collins
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2
- File
- 1990 - 1993
Part of Chapel
This file focuses on the correspondence between Oakham School and organ builders, including Peter Collins Ltd, since 1990 and giving an insight as to the building and installation of the new organ in the School Chapel. Some letters were sent/ received between the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and the White and Lea families regarding an inscription in memory of David White and Henrietta Lea.
Graham Smallbone
A letter from Peter Collins to Graham Smallbone
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/4
- Item
- 16/05/1990
Part of Chapel
A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding some preliminary proposals for the new school organ in the Chapel. Two pages A and B.
Peter Collins
A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins
- CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/19
- Item
- 28/07/1992
Part of Chapel
A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to peter Collins, Organ builder, regarding the carvings, which are a gift from the Whites, and the open day and the Derbyshire Organist Association.
Peter Collins