My path to Scalaism has been a rocky path for sure. I found a used Scala that ticked most boxes at Allens Music having negotiated with the very nice manage Trevor Flunder I mulled it over for a weekend, called him on the Monday to buy it finding it had already been sold. Grrrrrrrrrr. Trevor did say, they had another one coming in as a part ex and it was pretty much the same spec so I could have that instead for delivery before Christmas, knockout, I paid the deposit. Time dragged on a little, there were delivery issues with the customers new organ, net result I couldn't join the Wersi Owners Club just yet.
In January, Trevor called me with the bad news the customer part exchanging the Scala had been taken ill over Christmas and was in hospital which meant there was a further delay, the good news however was the original Scala was back in their possession, the new owner upgrading already and I could have that the following week.
Wednesday the following week arrived as did my beloved Wersi Scala delivered by the very talented musician Trevor himself. It was installed and oh my, it was great, Trevor rattle a few tunes out, superb machine. I played it on Wednesday evening and was staggered at the sounds, not easy to navigate around but it was all in there. Thursday morning came, switched on and nothing, just a message on the screen saying no signal, My Scala was dead.
A call to Trevor resulted in an engineer visit a week later but he confirmed it was terminal and it needed to go back to the workshop for investigation. I contacted Trevor to discuss the way forward he was of course mortified that this had happened, but I didn't want to delay for weeks getting another organ. Trevor agreed a refund and then we could explore other possibilities, I had a look at their used stock and very nearly bought a used Ringway organ that they had. In my heart though I still wanted a Wersi Scala.
As luck would have it a Wersi came up for sale not too far away from me at a price that I couldn't believe, it wasn't a Scala but a much newer OAX500. I rented a van and now have in my possession a Wersi OAX500 and I absolutely love it. Programming in the main is easy and intuitive, the sounds are stunning and it's constantly evolving with Wersi free updates.
A lengthy, rocky road but worth it in the end.
John (B)