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Two photographs of the new organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/2
  • Item
  • 06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

Two black and white photographs of the new Peter Collins organ soon after its building in the School Chapel. The photographs A and B are identical but of different size.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

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, 1993

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2
  • Sub-Series
  • 1986 - 1993

    • Part of Chapel

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.

Peter Collins

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

Four photographs of staff

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/6
  • Item
  • 1993

    • Part of Chapel

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).

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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

A photograph of the recital

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

    • Part of Chapel

A photograph of David Woodcock at the organ and the audience in the School Chapel.

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A photograph of the pipes

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/3
  • Item
  • 01/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A photograph of the pipes, laying on the Chapel floor whilst the organ is being built in 1993.

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A photograph of the organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/4
  • Item
  • 02/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A photograph of the new organ being built in the Chapel in February 1993.

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A photograph of the organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1-CHA/5/2/1/9
  • Item
  • 01/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A photograph of the new organ being built in the School Chapel, with scaffolds in front of it.

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