Data on the photoproduction of mesons with masses below the charm threshold are sorely needed to understand the spectrum of QCD mesons. A tentative plan is now in place to mount a first stage detector to use photon beams of energies between 6 to 8 GeV likely to be available within the next few years. The goal of this detector will be to explore the meson mass range up to about 2 GeV. The detector will be upgraded as the available photon energies grow beyond 8 GeV to 12 GeV, to span a higher region of meson masses with more complete sensitivity to decay modes.
