I agree totally with the posting below.
As a potential Wersi customer I went to Brett's house last year. His playing was terrible and all he could do was load a poor rendition of Chariots of Fire from his PC and then he tried to play over the top of the sequence. The video is also useless. The demonstrator shows no interest and puts no feeling into his performance at all. His playing is also poor. How do Wersi expect to sell these over priced instruments when their demonstrators lack technical ability.
I've also seen both people in question play at concerts. Just how much they play live is debatable. I wish people would stop using sequencers and start playing 100% live. Who are they kidding? If you pay good money for a concert you want to hear them play. You may as well hire the organ/keyboard out from a shop and load a disk into it for people to listen to.
I can understand them using sequencers when they make a CD, I'm all for using modern technology.
Anyway, any would be Wersi purchasers shop around before you part with your hard earned cash.

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Originally posted by Mike H:
Here is an excerpt from a fellow who wrote me from overseas re: the Abacus - notice his preference.

Forget the Abacus, it's a load of rubbish (expensive rubbish at £4000+).
I heard it about 9 months ago at Brett Wales's house who is a Wersi demonstrator. His playing was terrible, the instrument was terrible and their video on the Abacus is also poor. It's a wonder how they actually sell any of these.
I have now sold the VA76 but still use my Roland G1000 and Ketron SD1. I was one of the first in the UK to own a SD1 and with the new version 2 software update it rocks! If you are serious about keyboards and would prefer a 76 note one, the SD1 is the best by far on the market. It's easy to use, has large sampled sounds (the saxophones, pianos, choirs, strings, organs and guitars are astonishing) and the styles, well, I can't find one that I don't like or isn't useable.
The hard drive is great, very quick. I've tried the vocal harmoniser that comes as standard and it works very well. I was quite surprised by this feature. It's far better than a Digitech vocalist.
I can honestly say the SD1 is the best arranger I've purchased and I've had quite a few over the years.