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Peter “Duke” Heid, founder of Heid Music and
Patron of the Arts, Passes Away at 91 |
Peter “Duke” Heid passed away on December 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret and leaves behind three children—Paul (Carol), Appleton, Tom, El Sobrante, California and Bob (Lisa), Greenville, seven grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was one month shy of his 92nd birthday.
Duke is often credited with bringing music appreciation and music education to the Fox Cities and opened the first Heid Music Store in 1948. Today, Duke’s legacy continues, with three generations of Heid family working at stores in Appleton, Green Bay, and Wisconsin Rapids.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to The Heid Family Foundation are appreciated. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Brettschneider-Trettin-Lederer Funeral Chapel of Appleton, Wisconsin. Visitation is scheduled at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Appleton on Friday, December 18th from 8:30-10:30am, followed by a mass. |
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A sad week for music retailing.
Peter (Duke) Heid, the founder of Heid Music, passed away yesterday. He enjoyed his career playing with many of the dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s in his hometown of Appleton, Wisconsin. After the war, he used his love of music to open a small store, Heid Music, in the heart of downtown Appleton. The store continued to grow over the years as Peter found specific product niches and sales techniques. However, he always looked for ways to increase the store’s relevance to the music community around them. In fact, at the time of our interview, Peter, at age 89, was reviewing ways the store could expand its string department. His two sons followed in his footsteps as did his grandchildren, making the store a third generation family business, something Duke was very proud of. His son Paul served a Chairman of the NAMM Board from 2003 until 2005 .
The following clip from his NAMM Oral History interview is one of my personal favorite stories from our collection. http://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/peter-heid |
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