page_title: Kurzweil K250
hierarchical_section_title: Kurzweil K250
caption_attribution_description: Kurzweil K250 merging two images: [right] Kurzweil K-250, Museum of Making Music [left] Owen Bradley's studio, exhibited at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
context_page_description: The Kurzweil K250, manufactured by Kurzweil Music Systems, was the first electronic musical instrument which produced sound from sampled sounds compressed in ROM, faster than common mass storage such as a disk drive. Acoustic sounds from brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments as well as sounds created using waveforms from oscillators were utilized. Designed for professional musicians, it was invented by Raymond Kurzweil, founder of Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., Kurzweil Music Systems and Kurzweil Educational Systems with consultation from Stevie Wonder; Lyle Mays, an American jazz pianist; Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP Instruments Inc.; and Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
context_section_description: The Kurzweil K250, manufactured by Kurzweil Music Systems, was the first electronic musical instrument which produced sound from sampled sounds compressed in ROM, faster than common mass storage such as a disk drive.  Acoustic sounds from brass, percussion, string and woodwind instruments as well as sounds created using waveforms from oscillators were utilized.  Designed for professional musicians, it was invented by Raymond Kurzweil, founder of Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., Kurzweil Music Systems and Kurzweil Educational Systems with consultation from Stevie Wonder; Lyle Mays, an American jazz pianist; Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP Instruments Inc.; and Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer.
caption: Kurzweil K250 (1984)
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