In February 2017, a rare BTR-3 tape recorder, previously used at Abbey Road, was recovered by members of Surge Radio, the student-run radio station at the University of Southampton, from their old Glen Eyre Halls studio after information on its whereabouts was provided to them by former Radio Glen Technical Manager Henry Walmsley, who had used the machine at the premises throughout the 1990s. Known by station members as 'The Beatle', it had been in use there until around 2001. The BTR-3 was donated to Abbey Road in April 2017.