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Oakham School Graham Smallbone Organ
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  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/1
  • File
  • 1993

    • Part of Chapel

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

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

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

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 letter from Graham Smallbone to staff

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/29
  • Item
  • 21/04/1993

    • Part of Chapel

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.

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/5/2/2/23
  • Item
  • 15/10/1992

    • Part of Chapel

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.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/30
  • Item
  • 02/06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

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

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/32
  • Item
  • 29/06/1993

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the headmaster Graham Smallbone thanking Peter Collins, Organ Builder, for all of his work on the new organ and, despite it's unfinished nature, how magnificent the instrument is.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/10
  • Item
  • 10/08/1990

    • Part of Chapel

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.

Graham Smallbone

A letter from Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins

  • CHA-CHA/5-CHA/5/2-CHA/5/2/2-CHA/5/2/2/22
  • Item
  • 01/10/1992

    • Part of Chapel

A letter from the Headmaster Graham Smallbone to Peter Collins regarding the installation of the organ over the Christmas holidays.

Graham Smallbone

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