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1 March 2011
Colin Reeves sent this letter about his recent purchase and delivery of a new Verona
organ.
On Saturday 26th February I took delivery of a dream present to myself, a brand new
Wersi Verona GS500.
During November 2010 I visited Keybreaks at the Queen's Hotel in Bournemouth to see
the Wersi Direct stand of Organs. I had been considering buying a used Wersi organ
so I carefully examined the selection on show and asked lots of questions. The last
organ I owned was 25 years ago and was a Yamaha ME50. Since then I have bought numerous
top of the range single keyboards and had organ set-ups by balancing one keyboard
on top of another. After looking and hearing the Wersi instruments I decided it was
worth spending the extra money and buying new.
I paid my 20% deposit and the organ was built to order by MusicStore in Germany and
took about 8 weeks to complete.
The day I had been waiting for arrived and Robert New, co-owner of Wersi Direct UK,
delivered my new organ exactly on time.
Both the console and stand were wrapped separately in bubble-wrap.and were very well
protected. Within minutes the organ was assembled in my lounge and I was absolutely
stunned by how good the instrument looked. I was delighted. For weeks I have been
looking at pictures of the Wersi Verona on the Internet and I haven't seen one that
comes close to the appearance of my new organ. Many of the optional extras are now
standard and the 10 inch screen really is excellent.
Robert stayed most of the afternoon and explained in detail the latest OAS-7.1 R44
operating system to me. This masterclass has given me a head start and hopefully
I will soon be playing stunning music to do the instrument justice.
