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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 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.

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.

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 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'.

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.

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 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 the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins regarding the installation of the organ and the proposed festival for the following year and discussing an exhibition in the Bowes Room.

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins regarding problems with the new instruments and the upset at the unfinished nature of the organ.