EDITORIAL

June 2009

On behalf of all Members of WersiClub International, I should like to say to Uli, Torsten and all the Wersi Team: “Herzliche Glückwunsche auf dem 40. Jahrestag von Wersi”. If any Club Member is attending this year’s 40th Jubilee Sommerfest, do please let us have a report upon your return. That would then be placed on-site straightaway. We already have a small item about the new Wersi Pegasus Wing Keyboard, translated from a German source. When that keyboard is launched at the Sommerfest, I expect more “official” details will be released. You will be able to read them here, in English.

We have a new page this month. If you haven’t ever visited the Organ1st website and listened to Alan Ashton’s radio programme of organists’ tracks, then I can thoroughly recommend it. Our new page lists the programmes which have featured Wersi artistes. This will be added to on a monthly basis, as appropriate, but obviously not on the first of the month. If you’ve also not visited the Spotify website, www.spotify.com, there is a number of Franz Lambert tracks available to listen to there.

You will have noticed the left panel above this editorial is now showing the Edition of this site, now we are in to our second year. May I also remind you that, from now on, new editions will appear bi-monthly. Our next will therefore be in August.

As usual, direct links to all new items can be found on our Members’ Home Page under What’s New for June 2009.

Happy playing.

Colin

June 2009

DID YOU KNOW?

Like all computers, a Wersi instrument will, from time to time, suffer a temporary inability to continue working. This may be a minor problem affecting one module within the OAS, in which case you may still be able to navigate to Settings and touch the Close OAS button. Once you have the Windows Desktop on-screen, double-touching the OAS Icon will then restart the OAS and all will be well again.

Occasionally the problem will be deeper than that and may have spread into Windows or even been generated there. This is usually characterised by a complete refusal of anything to work - the Touch Screen is non-responsive as are all the physical buttons including the Power On/Off switch. The only thing to do seems to be to switch off at the mains, wait several seconds, then switch the mains back on to the instrument and press the Power On/Off button to start the boot-up again. Fortunately, Windows XP is pretty robust at dealing with that and all will then be well once the instrument is fully operational again.

Instead of switching off at the mains, try holding down the Power On/Off switch for twelve seconds or so. Suddenly, the instrument will spring to life and go straight into a boot-up, at which point release the Power switch.

June 2009