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Austin Custom Bells
Please check out our Youtube page for the latest endeavor at ACB! As you may or may not know the history of handbells runs deep here at ACB. My wife and co-owner Laurie Austin is a very accomplished bell ringer and has been for many decades. She currently rings with the KC group Rezound! (https://www.rezound.org) and she’s also a historian for the Area-8 handbell musicians of America. Recently in December, 2022 we purchased a 3-octave set of handbells (the set you will hear in
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1st Apr 2023
Your Guided Tour to Adams Custom Tenor Trombones
You all know we love Adams brass instruments! Adams has been making some of the best trombones on the market and yet we still hear "Adams makes trombones?" at shows. We can't let people sleep on these any longer! It just isn't fair to you! Eric, one of our low brass players, presents a tour of Adams Tenor Trombones. He takes through your options of bells, valves, slides, and more! We hope you enjoy this. We love you Brass Nation!
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6th Mar 2023
ACB is getting ready for TMEA!
See you at TMEA next week!I'm so excited to be back at TMEA next week! Join us February 8-11th in beautiful San Antonio at booth 774. We'll have plenty of cool horns, mouthpieces, mutes, and cases on display! We'll have amazing horns from ACB, Adams, Schagerl, Bohme, AR Resonance, Blackburn, Possegger, Kanstul, BAC, Shires, Getzen, and more! Plenty of Gard Bags, Doublers, and more will be available at the show but most likel
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5th Feb 2023
Dr. Jason Hausback Clinic on January 21st!
Austin Custom Brass is excited to announce that Dr. Jason Hausback will give a FREE masterclass on Saturday January 21st at 11am! The masterclass is open to anyone, free of charge, and will be held at the shop (7000 Universal Avenue, KCMO 64120).Dr. Hausback is an outstanding trombonist and educator. He is the Associate Professor of Trombone at Missouri State University. He continues to be an active performer including with Kansas City’s own award winning Fountain City Brass Band.To say thi
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14th Jan 2023
Schagerl Brass Day on January 17th!
Big announcement!
We are super excited to have Karl Schagerl and Hans Petter Stanges in the shop next Tuesday, the 17th. 11-3 will be the free exhibit time at our KC showroom.
They'll be bringing a bunch of horns #schagerl
Schagerl Meisterinstrumente
Karl SchagerlEmail us for more details!
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12th Jan 2023