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Oakham School Organ
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A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/32
  • Item
  • 29/06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the headmaster Graham Smallbone thanking Peter Collins, Organ Builder, for all of his work on the new organ and, despite it's unfinished nature, how magnificent the instrument is.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/10
  • Item
  • 10/08/1990

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins, regarding the previous quotation and preliminary proposals for a new organ in the School Chapel. This letter is a reply to CHA/5/2/2/9.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/22
  • Item
  • 01/10/1992

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins regarding the installation of the organ over the Christmas holidays.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to staff

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/29
  • Item
  • 21/04/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to members of staff regarding the new organ in the Chapel and the special day which will mark its installation.

Graham Smallbone

A photograph of Peter Hurford

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/7
  • Item
  • 1993

    • Part of Chapel

A photograph of Peter Hurford sat at the organ, probably rehearsing for the dedication recital.

Roger Blackmore

Dedication of the Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/4
  • Item
  • 27/06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A programme for the inaugural recital by Peter Hurford on 26 June 1993 and the Service of Dedication by the Right Reverend William Westwood on 27 June 1993, including a brief history of the organs of Oakham School Chapel, a biography of Peter Hurford, and a description of the new Peter Collins organ.

Oakham School

Organ, 1930

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/1
  • Sub-Series
  • 1930 - 1976

    • Part of Chapel

This sub-series focuses on the history of the first Chapel organ, dedicated in 1930.

Oakham School

Photographs

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1
  • File
  • 1993

    • Part of Chapel

This photographic file focuses on the building of the new Peter Collins organ in the School Chapel in 1993 and the recital.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5
  • Series
  • 1930 - 1993

    • Part of Chapel

This series focuses on the history of the organs in the School Chapel, from the first one installed in 1930 to the current instruments built in 1993.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Correspondence

  • 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

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