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 fromFrom [sic] the title here given him, says Sir William Cope, "I have little hesitation in identifying him with the celebrated church writer Robert White, who probably united the art of constructing organs with his higher musical pursuits." Possibly, an entry in the old parish accounts of St. Andrew's, Holborn, may have some reference to this builder:—

"'1553. The parishe gave young Whyte £5 for ye great orgaynes which his father made for ye churche.'"

, "orgayn-master," as he is termed, is another new name in the annals of organ-building. He was employed, in 1533, to set up a new "pair of organs" in the roodloft of Wimborne Minster, for which he was paid by the contributions of the parish; and his work appears to have lasted till the Great Rebellion, which brought it to an untimely end. In the year 1643, among entries for glazing the windows and new covering the roofs with lead (measures often found necessary after a visit of the