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Kyle Lambert (our shop manager and owner of the Kansas City Trumpet Company) is now offering this cool,  funky, and completely unique finish option on all raw brass doublers.  He calls it th…

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…

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 o…

Good afternoon from the shop! I just wanted to remind everyone that I am giving myself and my amazing staff a much needed break after the insane year!While we will have a few staffers in every day we…

It’s good to have great friends in the business world and Josh Landress has always been there for ACB since we have opened our doors. He’s a trusted friend, someone I can bounce ideas off of, an am…

Hey everyone!   I do hope everybody's doing well and is staying safe in these covert times.I just wanted to take a few moments to s hare this newest video that we've done of this incredib…

ITG is my favorite week of the year. It's always a special time to catch up with friends, have lots of laughs, hear incredibly inspiring performances, learn from fabulous presentations, and geek out a…

In order to maintain the health and safety of our staff and customers as far as possible, we are implementing the following updates to our policies and procedures: Every instrument that ships from, o…

ACB in the time of COVIDKansas City has extended the COVID stay-at-home policy until mid May. Thankfully, we'll be able to work as a "soft-open" with small teams in the shop starting today! We're offe…

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…

Here's a cool video I did today (2-21-2020) at the shop with some of the new arrivals.The Following is a lengthy video of a bunch of new arrivals to the shop! Please be sure to check out the links f…

Wheeeeee! What a fantastic year at ACB in 2019! It's clear from the top nine photos online  from our  IG  page (check it out here) you all like bendy things…

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Hey FB! I hope everyone is having a super weekend! I'm heading home from a quick trip to DC for a friend's wedding and while I'll be in the shop next week Patrick and Kyle are both out on vaca…

Going to compare a bunch of the Harmon Mutes we have in stock here at ACB! Let us know your thoughts and if you have a song request as well! Thanks for tuning in!This is an archive from a live vi…

I do not share shop videos normally but this one is particularly important for me to share... It's getting to back-to-school season and "new horn" season as well. This horn demonstrates that j…

One of my favorite songs and one of the first songs I learned how to improvise on when I was young! I do hope you enjoy this version of this great song! :)We are always looking for song or mini-le…

As some of you you might know the Trump Tariffs are now in effect which could drastically change the pricing of our entire Doublers line of instruments due to the new proposed 25% import duty. We hav…