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  • 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

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

Dedication of the Organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/1-CHA/5/1/2
  • Item
  • 26/07/1930

    • Part of Chapel

Order of service for the dedication of the organ in the School Chapel on 26 July 1930. includes the programme for the recital by O.O. Professor Frank Henry Shera (1901).

Oakham School

A new organ for Oakham School

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/8
  • Item
  • 07/1990

    • Part of Chapel

A proposed specification for a new organ in the School Chapel sent by Peter Collins, Organ Builder.

Peter Collins

A quotation to build a new organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/7
  • Item
  • 07/1990

    • Part of Chapel

A quotation sent by Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to design and build a new organ in the School Chapel. Six pages A to F.

Peter Collins

A letter from Peter Collins to the Bursar

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/9
  • Item
  • 23/07/1990

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from Peter Collins, Organ Builder, to the School Bursar, Lt Col Reay, regarding the purchase a a new organ. It is believed that the item was enclosing the quotation CHA/5/2/2/7 and the specification CHA/5/2/2/8.

Peter Collins

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

A letter from Robert J. Pennells to Robert Morgan

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/5
  • Item
  • 22/05/1990

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from Robert J. Pennells for J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd, Organ Makers, to Robert Morgan, at the Music Department, regarding a proposal for a new organ in the Chapel and enclosing a quotation. Two pages A and B.

Robert J. Pennells

Preliminary proposals for a computing organ

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/6
  • Item
  • c.1990

    • Part of Chapel

A report from Cathedral Organs regarding a proposal for a new computing organ in the School Chapel, including a typical specification for a 40 stop organ. two pages A and B.

Cathedral Organs

A letter from Peter Collins to Graham Smallbone

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/4
  • Item
  • 16/05/1990

    • Part of Chapel

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.

Peter Collins

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