OrganFax News

Wersi Back On Track in The UK!

Friday 6th August

Following the recent liquidation of the famous German manufacturer, we are delighted to announce that the future for Wersi is now looking very promising indeed.  Following on from the formation of a new regime in Germany (WERSI / Musicstore Professional) comes the exciting launch of a brand new UK based company, WERSI Direct GB.

Under the leadership of Robert New, Benjamin Scott-Hyde and Brett Wales, WERSI Direct GB is a direct sales partner of the WERSI / Musicstore Professional headquarters in Cologne.  They are excited to bring the new OpenArt-System to the UK as well a... Read more.

Name Wanted For 'Brand X' Organ...

Thursday 15th April

Ian Griffin, the designer of the so called 'BRAND X' electronic organ, said that he must give the instrument he built a suitable name.  He has therefore come up with the idea of having suggestions from organ-keyboard enthusiasts.    Ian thinks that an ideal time to evaluate any suggested names would be at the Keyboard Cavalcade festival at Pontin's Pakefield (April 19th - 26th). 

Although the instrument is currently based of two Ketron keyboards, the design caters for combinations of other makes.   The name should therefore reflect on the versatili... Read more.

KETRON UK ROADSHOW

Tuesday 16th March

Ketron UK are pleased to announce the 2010 Audya Roadshow. Flying in from Quebec will be internationally acclaimed arranger keyboard artiste, Robert Messier, who will be accompanying them for the duration of the tour (March 28th - April 2nd). Consisting of in-store promotional events across England, anyone who attends will have the opportunity to see the latest releases from this leading Italian keyboard manufacturer. Sunday March the 28th will be a general "KETRON" open day to be held at the very pleasant location of Billing Aquadrome, Northampton. Retailers, Trade and Members of the Publ... Read more.

Robert Wolfe's Lowrey Royale For Sale...

Monday 22nd February

Robert Wolfe is selling his Lowrey Royale... Robert is now playing the "Prestige" at his concert venues , he has replaced his home instrument for this, the latest model. Therefore, his much loved "Royale" is now offered for sale A wonderful opportunity for a lover of the Lowrey range or indeed a fan of Robert!

£10,500.00

Once the flagship organ for Lowrey, the Royale is a unique organ that offers a high specification. This instrument has home use only & is in immaculate condition, it... Read more.

Wersi Success!

Saturday 3rd October

We received the following from WERSI UK who had a very successful exhibition at Pakefield Organ and Keyboard Festival at the start of September.

Peter Armitage headed the new company and team and greeted both music and WERSI enthusiasts alike. It was a great week with WERSI Artistes Brett Wales, Claudia Hirschfeld, Mark Whale & Ben Scott Hyde. All put on superb shows both in the evening concerts and daytime informal shows.

Robert New was on hand to offer technical advice, explanations of the many features of WERSI OAS and an insight into some of the exciting new ... Read more.

Tyros 3 Expands!

Monday 20th July

Great news for Yamaha Tyros3 owners as Yamaha announce the imminent launch of exciting new “Premium Content” for this popular instrument…

Yamaha's R&D team have been busy working on a whole bunch of new sounds, samples, styles and much more to create a series of expansion downloads which will shortly be available to Tyros3 owners.

The first of these is a Super Articulation 2 Trombone voice. This utilizes the same ground-breaking SA2 technology first seen in the Tyros3's in-built Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet, Harmonica and Irish Pipe voices. The... Read more.