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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.

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.

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

Four photographs of five people posing in front of the new Peter Collins organ in the School Chapel. They are (L to R): Peter Collins (Builder), David Woodcock (Head of Music), Peter Hurford (Organist), Graham Smallbone (Headmaster) and Simon Schanschieff (Chairman of the Trustees). The photographs are all slightly different (A to D).

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.

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.

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

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the Headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding the progress on the new organ and the amount of interest he received in a previous open day, including a request from the Derbyshire Organists Association to visit the workshop.

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.

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the headmaster Graham Smallbone regarding a delay in the installation of the organ due to lack of progress and the prospective events for the organ and celebrations for its installation.