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We have a lot of rare and unusual trumpets that come through the shop. It's one of the coolest things about ACB! We decided to start a "video museum" on YouTube to catalogue all of the coolest horns we get or have sold over the years. Many of these instruments have sold, some are still for sale, and of course we're getting trumpets in all the time. As always, you can give us a call if you're interested in a particular instrument! Visit our YouTube channel and binge-watch over 60 videos of vintag …

We've been making some updates to our internet presence, and one new feature we've added is a YouTube playlist of our trumpet showdown videos! Our goal with these videos is to have a resource for our customers who can't always make it into the shop to try out horns. Check out the videos through the link below, and let us know which trumpets are your favorites!>>>Take me to the videos!<<< …

We're always looking for ways to create extra value for our customers, so recently we've started creating some exciting bundle deals here at ACB! As professional players ourselves, and being able to see which products our customers are liking the best, we're using our knowledge to create curated sets of gear that will help take your playing to the next level. Check out some of them below (titles are links):Multi-Horn Bundles Ultimate Adams Bundle: Trumpet, Flugel, Mouthpieces, Gig Bag, & St …

Hi everyone!I've been taking a ton of photos recently at ACB, updating our listings of horns for sale and adding visual elements to our "Build Your Own" pages when we get custom horns from Adams and Schagerl. We thought it would be fun to share a gallery of some cool instruments to get your creative juices flowing! Click on the titles to check out more photos on the listings.Custom Adams F4 Flugelhorn: Gold Brass Bell with Nickel Silver Flare in Antique Lacquer!This is a completely custom F4 tha …

Hey everyone. It's Trent here and I'm wishing you all a wonderful Sunday morning. We just got the official news that KC will be now adopting a "stay-at-home" policy meaning all essential businesses will be closing Monday. While this is going to be a dramatic blow to our accessibility to ship out instruments in this time I am in the shop today working on some contingencies. Remember a few years ago when I moved the shop from Boston to KC? We were closed roughly for 6 weeks. In this tim …