Founded in 1952, Music & Arts Center is a retail music chain that serves a network of school band and orchestra programs. The company offers sales and rentals of musical equipment and supplies. It also provides repairs and lessons. The company offers flutes, clarinets, oboes, saxophones, trumpets, cornets, french horns, trombones, violins, violas, cellos and percussion instruments. It offers such brands as Yamaha, Selmer, Conn, Ludwig, Jupiter, Pearl, Leblanc, Lewis, Glaesel, King, Armstrong and Gemeinhardt. The company operates more than 60 locations and is owned by Guitar Center, a retailer of new and used music equipment and related accessories. Music & Arts Center is headquartered in Frederick, Md. .