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Hello everyone! I do hope you are well and we are so thankful for all you do for us here at ACB.  As these times are currently oh so fluid I wanted to reach out to everyone with a brief message about the tariffs here and how they are impacting the shop.     Right now here at the shop we actually have a ton of products in the shop and our offsite warehouse.  In fact we did our best to try to stay ahead of these large 145%  tariffs from China and have well over 1,00 …

Can you believe 2024 just literally FLEW by? This has been an incredible year here at ACB... we had our best year every thanks to all of your love and support. It wasn't without a lot of adversity and changes at the shop though. That being said it is definitely going to be a wonderful year of growth, joy, and music at ACB - so much to be excited for in 2025! We have decided temporarily to hold off on raising our prices for 2025 on our ACB line of instruments. This might change after …

ACB DOUBLER UPDATE Happy November everyone!Well we've been fighting price increases for some time now and unfortunately as of December 1st the pricing on on our ACB line of instruments will be increasing. I really wish I didn't have to raise the prices but our costs have skyrocketed for about two years straight. You can take advantage of our current pricing even on instruments that are in pre-order status! Here's what the new prices are going to be:Doubler Flugelhorns (all finishes): $94 …

Say hello to my new baby![links in description]Say hello to "Big Red". This is the finished version of the KCTC's newest trumpet which I had some input on. I have already played two gigs on it and am so happy with the results. It's a soloist's dream horn and for me has that color of my favorite trumpet recordings! Here are some basic specs on the horn: Large (as you can see) 5 1/2" Red Brass bell with a unique flare (Kyle's horn is the only one I have ever seen with this kind of flaring)&n …

Is it time to finally upgrade over your rental instrument or get your first professional trombone?Eric Chapman from ACB talks about trombones for students. Buying a trombone can be exciting but also overwhelming knowing where to start and what is good for a student's needs and budget (or their parent's budget). At Austin Custom Brass we recognize the desire for sounding great but that sometimes that top-of-the-line trombone is not the right fit right now. Eric recently had a student go through s …