Wersi
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Wersi is a German manufacturer of electronic organs, keyboards and pianos. They were made famous as the organs of choice of several star organists, notably Franz Lambert and the late Klaus Wunderlich.
Wersi's current range of instruments is powered by the Open-Architecture-System (OAS). This is a GUI that runs on top of a Windows XP computer, enabling the keyboard to support third-party programs, such as music notation programs, Software synthesizers, or DAWs. A computer keyboard, mouse, printer, and other normal computer accessories can be attached to the Wersi. A CD burner is usually included, allowing the user to record his performance and then burn it onto a CD, all without using any external equipment. Current Wersi instruments are able to use normal computer hardware, such as SATA hard drives, floppy-drive bay memory card readers, baby ATX motherboards, and standard processors, such as the Core 2 Duo.
[edit] History
Wersi began manufacturing do-it-yourself electronic organ kits in 1969. Wersi designed its organs to be upgradable through software and hardware, so each organ model would not become obsolete as quickly as competing manufactures' models. From 1969 and 1977, Wersi produced the "W" analogue, "DX" digital, and "CD" digital series organs. In 1991, Wersi ended production of organ kits, and introduced mew models of complete organs: the Pegasus, Performer, Penta, Phon-X, and Rhondo classic. In 1997, Wersi was taken over by Thomas Music, and many models were renamed. In 2002, Wersi released the current OAS series.
