Scholz Research & Development, Inc.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consumer Electronics |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Tom Scholz |
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Successor | Dunlop Manufacturing |
| Headquarters | Waltham, MA, USA , USA |
Key people | Tom Scholz, Neil A. Miller, Bob Cedro |
Scholz Research & Development, Inc. was the name of the company founded by musician and engineer Tom Scholz to design and manufacture music technology products.
Scholz is an MIT-trained engineer who developed many of his skills as a product design engineer working on audio-production equipment at Polaroid in the early 1970s. Originally a keyboard player in his off-time and guitar player from age 21, Scholz built a recording studio for himself in the basement of the rented apartment building where he lived, utilizing many home-built devices including a 4-track recorder and mixer. Demo recordings made in his home studio years later became the debut album of the band Boston and proceeds of his success were used to found a company to further develop and market versions of his inventions. Many of the devices were marketed under the Rockman trademark.
Manufacturing in the 1980s was U.S. based at a facility located in Woburn, Massachusetts.