Founded in 1956, it is one of the top ten brands of electronic piano, affiliated to South Korea Yingchang Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a large-scale piano manufacturer specializing in the production of various pianos, electronic pianos, synthesizers, etc
Ray Cozwell, the founder of the Cozwell Music System, was a gifted inventor and entrepreneur who began dealing in Korzwell computer products in 1974. In 1976, based on artificial intelligence technology, he built the world's first OCR (Full Font Recognition) machine through improvements. He applied OCR technology to a blind reading machine (now known as the Cozwell reader). He combined OCR technology with his speech synthesis technology to invent a machine that could scan documents and read them. This machine is regarded as the first commercial product to successfully apply artificial intelligence.
In mid-1982, Cozwell returned to MIT and hired some of the country's most talented computer scientists and engineers to build the K250. Many of these people are musical geniuses. In a creative and relaxed atmosphere, they began sampling the grand piano and storing the sound of each individual note to the computer. Sampled 5 Steinway concert grand piano sounds. Millions of dollars were spent on creating piano tones.
After sampling the grand piano, he invested another million dollars in rental, recording, and sampling the sound of the top string players of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops. The sampled timbre of strings is known as the best in the industry. Cozwell continued to expand his library with string sounds and contemporary recordings.
IN 1983, THE COATSWELL K250 APPEARED AT THE CHICAGO SUMMER NAMM SHOW AS THE FIRST DIGITAL ROM (BASED ON INSTRUMENT SAMPLING). The sight of people waiting in line for hours to see this new technology is touching. The Cozwell K250 with 3 assistant bytes is a true reproduction of the Steinway concert grand piano tone, the chorus string tone, the touching choir class tone, and 30 orchestral instruments. The retail price of the fully furnished K250 is $20,000. Despite its high price, recording studios and professional musicians still choose it. In 1984, the first K250 components began to be sold overseas.
Entertainers such as Kenny Rogers, Rick Wakeman, Stevie Wonder, Keith Emerson, Eddie Van Halen and other famous musicians have used the K250 in their performances. The K250 was also used in the soundtracks of many films, such as the movie "Robin Hood", which originally used Cozwell to represent the orchestra. (The movie "Robin Hood" actually uses the timbre of a real instrument and the tone of the Cozwell K250) The list of Coatswell users is known as the "Who's Who" representative of professional musicians. Churches, public institutions, and recording studios all use the K250, so it is the best in the world.
In 1988, there was a huge improvement in technology, and although the sound of similar competitors was still not as good as that of Coatswell, their low price point and market strategy made it even more competitive. Kozwell came back with the 1000 Series with the addition of a new line of HOME digital pianos (Mark III. and Mark IV.) with K250 tone quality at a lower competitive price.
Immechan USA acquires Cozwell Music Systems
In 1989, Ray Cozwell realized that in order for the Cozwell music system to survive and grow and compete with Asian manufacturers, there was a need for manufacturers with an enterprising and competitive spirit. In 1990, Inchang America, Inc., a division of South Korea's Inchang Inc., acquired Cozwell Music Systems. Based on their production technology, new direction, and established sales channels, in 1991 Cozwell once again opened up a new battlefield of segmented instruments, and at the 1991 NAMM Show in Anaheim, Florida, Cozwell K2000 with V.A.S.T. technology was exhibited.
