General Info

Peter Heid established Heid Music in 1948 with the intention of bringing music and music education to his community. The company has grown to more than 80 employees with stores in Appleton, Green Bay and Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Heid Music was the proud recipient of the first annual Family Business of the Year Award in 2004. The company has been a pioneer in community music education. It offers private studios for instruction in several different instruments, such as piano, voice, guitar, drums, clarinet, oboe, violin and saxophone. It also has one of the largest Yamaha Music Education studios in the United States and has more than 1,200 students enrolled in its music education system. The company supports symphonies and performing arts centers in central and northeast Wisconsin, special community events, donates music or gift items for school fundraisers and holds workshops for local music educators. Heid Music is headquartered in Appleton.