Outkaster Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Anyone famaliar with this?: Wersi "Danny, ci manchi a tutti. La E-Street Band non e' la stessa senza di te. Riposa in pace, fratello" noblevibes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 original bill of sale for $35,900 ? Ouch! That's one expensive organ. I'd rather have a BMW. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Wersi are luxurious German organs, which mainly seem to be used by one-man-band "entertainers". The prices are astronomical and nowadays they're based on Windows XP PC:s. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEs9O9qCock Wersi homepage, in German Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Another video, older organ, younger player. Didn't we have a thread about this a year ago or so? [video:youtube] Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 What comes to mind when I hear that music is senior citizens sitting around listening while finishing their lime Jell-o. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Seems like I remember you used to be able to buy Wersi unassembled kits back in the 70s? Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Yes, I've also heard that. When I was in my teens, in the early 90's, I know there was a Wersi specialist less than an our away from where I lived. I remember looking at their ad in the phone book - a picture of one of there Star Trek looking consoles. I really wanted to have one, or at least get to play one, and I had heard from a guy who was brilliant at playing arranger keyboards (he had a Roland E70, a big Electone and some Technics keyboard - all very impressive at the time) that the Wersi could sound very close to any acoustic instrument. Anyway, even around that time by that time you could buy the organ unassembled. Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Seems like I remember you used to be able to buy Wersi unassembled kits back in the 70s? Found this after a brief search: 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. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 What comes to mind when I hear that music is senior citizens sitting around listening while finishing their lime Jell-o. Anyway - the music seems to be very popular in Germany - these Wersi artists are portrayed as megastars... all hail Klaus Wunderlich! Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 these Wersi artists are portrayed as megastars... When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 these Wersi artists are portrayed as megastars... Just to be clear - this is not my opinion of them or their skills, rather an observation of how they are presented by Wersi and the looks of a live performance at YouTube. Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 On a side note - did you know there's special versions of some arranger keyboards, like this Korg, customized for the German market with all the classic oumpa-oumpa styles built in? http://www.thomann.de/se/korg_pa500_musikant.htm just great Just listen to the demo of "German popular music" and you'll understand how Wersi got so big... Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Just to be clear - this is not my opinion of them or their skills, rather an observation of how they are presented by Wersi and the looks of a live performance at YouTube. Yes, I can appreciate that. I just found the word "megastar" to be surprising. So people really still listen to this type of music? When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Guess so The Claudia-video above is aparently from 2007, not from 1987 as one might think... Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 One would assume the average age of that audience to be 60+? When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I would guess 50+ , though I would hope 65+ Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 My mother-in-law has an old Yamaha Electone organ. She moved to a retirement home about 5 years ago, but made sure that organ found its way along with her. It takes up about a third of the floor space in her room. There's something about (cheesy) organs that was really big with that generation... not so much anymore, thank God. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 As discussed in the previous Electone-thread, I can agree with others, that I do feel quite a bit of GAS everytime I see an Electone, Wersi, Lowrey or similar. I guess it's the appearance of the big furniture in combination with the control panel filled with lighted buttons and controllers... almost like Star Trek! Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisE Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 There was a retired guy in my town who owned a early '80s Wersi Galaxy (>$50K) with two monstrous tone cabinets. He had it shipped from Europe, but it sold for peanuts on CL after he passed away. I dig these retro looking/sounding organs and my large 1982 Technics SX-U90P organ is a very rare podium model that was used in a few large European churches back in the day . My world: www.chriselkins.ca Roland D-70/SC-55, Kawai K5000s, Korg Triton Extreme 88, Yamaha MO8, Yamaha SY-99, Technics SX-U90P 'Pro90' "I've heard a lot worse!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dglavko Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 original bill of sale for $35,900 ? Ouch! That's one expensive organ. I'd rather have a BMW. Not a particularly good return on investment is it? My parents bought me a high end Yamaha Electone in 1977 for outrageous sums of $! (Nothing like this but they didn't ask what I really wanted - I should have begged for a B3, but was in grade 6 - what did I know?) But I made $5 a gig playing the classics for the family friends gathered around the dining room table. Good $ for a 10 year old and sure beat shoveling snow. Worth a pittance today. And there it sits in there house well across the country, unused, not a mark on it since 1979 (when I bought a polysix & rhodes), but not a guilt free day goes by about that purchase, especially as they talk about (threat?) driving it across the continent to my house (don't have the heart to refuse...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Er, a 1977 Electone may very well be using GX-1 technology and that would make it a very cool thing indeed. Did it have full length keyboards and pedals? Do you remember what model it is? Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoGuyPan Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hey what is the deal on these crazy expensive organs? I really want one for kicks in the house. Something like a Lowrey, but my old lady says that it'l take up too much space. Here in Phoenix, Craigslist is littered with these spaceship organs. Loads of retired here. They are usually asing in the $800 to $1200 range and have scans of the original invoice for like $12000 or $17000. Why are these things so expensive? Are the gouging the old people who have become feeble rubes just like the gypsies and roofing and sidng contractors do? I kinda got that feeling when I went to the Lowrey website. It just seems like they are taking advantage of the elderly. Any other guesses as to why they are so freaking expensive new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dglavko Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Er, a 1977 Electone may very well be using GX-1 technology and that would make it a very cool thing indeed. Did it have full length keyboards and pedals? Do you remember what model it is? Yamaha E30 - $8000 in 1977 - Full pedals - all solid state - but as almost good as Yamaha got in those days: "The smallest home organ model that used Yamaha's "Pulsed Analog Synthesis System" (PASS) to create more lifelike sounding instruments. PASS took technology from the GX-1 and incorporated it into a consumer model instrument. The ramifications revolutionized the organ industry. Instruments voices began evolving towards emulating the true orchestral instruments rather than theater organ equivalents." I did see a guy on Ebay modding an E50 into a CS80 synth a while back: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamaha-E50-organ-modified-into-Yamaha-CS80-synth-/320786749089?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item4ab06156a1#ht_681wt_932 Nice project I suppose, but my parents live 3000 miles way... not really sure what to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Here in Phoenix, Craigslist is littered with these spaceship organs. Loads of retired here. They are usually asing in the $800 to $1200 range and have scans of the original invoice for like $12000 or $17000. Why are these things so expensive? Hey, that's less than half the cost of some of those Wersi beasts. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MojoGuyPan Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Synthoid, I just looked on ebay and saw a used Lowrey with a buy it now price of $40,000. What is the deal with these? Does anyone have one of these type of organs and would comment? I see videos on youtube and it seems like it'd be fun to have around the house. I can afford the Lowrey Majesty which are going for around a grand in Sun City on C's list. Another thing that makes the inflated new prices seem like a big time raping of the elderly is like on that $40,000 used Lowrey, the note names are written on the fallboards for like every note. Really do you need to have the note names called out. And if you are such a rank beginner where you don't even know the notes should you really be dropping 30 or 40 grand on an organ, that's a college education at ASU or a nice downpayment on a house or a couple of Honda Civics. I'd almost get one of the cheap used ones but my wife would have a cow and plus while all those lights and stuff look cool, it seems like it'd be super complicated to use. But then I think how complicated can it be to operate if they have note names written out over the keys kind of like those learning Casios where the keys light up. Are these things cool and fun to play and do they sound good? D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Synthoid, I just looked on ebay and saw a used Lowrey with a buy it now price of $40,000. What is the deal with these? From what I've heard, organ lessons are included when you buy one new... but that doesn't justify such a high price tag. Are these things cool and fun to play and do they sound good? I can't speak for Lowrey or Wersi, but my mother-in-law's Yamaha sounds kinda "meh" to me. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLaw Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 ... but that doesn't justify such a high price tag. The justification is in the mind of the buyer. Just ask Fazioli or Bösendorfer. Or Bugatti. Or Tiffany. Or Hermès. If there are people out there willing to drop $40,000 on a home organ, why should we care? Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Are these things cool and fun to play and do they sound good? No. Do yourself (and us) a favour and just forget you ever saw this. "These are not the organs you seek". hand mysteriously> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 This is what Wersi and other home organs are best at. [video:youtube] Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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