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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.

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.

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.