FROM THE ARCHIVE

The article in July's Reporter about Robert Slater & Son brought some welcome response; it is pleasing to note that not only the larger firms command interest. I regret that a few errors slipped into the text, which needs correcting. Stepney Methodist Central Hall is no longer extant; the wind-pressure quoted should have been 2¾'' (70 mm).
   I have been told of an instrument by Robert Slater at St Barnabas's, Downham, South London; if any member can recall anything about this organ, I would be grateful. I would also like to acknowledge the interest and willing assistance given by the family of Stanley Harris in allowing the Slater scrapbook to be copied and for kindly granting permission to reproduce the photographs of the house organ and Robert Slater.
   In pursuing the theme of little-known, provincial organ-builders I hope to include some notes about W.C. Mack of Great Yarmouth for the April 2003 issue of the Reporter.

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