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Chapel Organ
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A letter from Graham Smallbone to John Barber

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/14
  • Item
  • 29/05/1991

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to the School Archivist John Barber regarding the nature of the carvings on the case or in decorations around the pipes of the new organ.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/13
  • Item
  • 29/05/1991

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins regarding the carvings on the organ and the tuning of the new organ.

Graham Smallbone

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

A letter from Peter Collins to Graham Smallbone

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/31
  • Item
  • 04/06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the carvings on the organ and finishing the organ on time for the 'big day'.

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

Plans

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/3
  • File
  • 1986 - 1990

    • Part of Chapel

This file contains various proposal plans for the new organ in the School Chapel, from various organ builders.

Peter Collins

Proposed carving designs

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/21
  • Item
  • 1992

    • Part of Chapel

Two proposals for the carvings on the outer towers, panels and upper flats of the new organ. Two pages A and B.

Derek Riley

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