<![CDATA[Austin Custom Brass Web Store: Latest News]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:56:01 +0000 <![CDATA[Looking for a super deal? Be Sure to check out our Reverb Store!]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/looking-for-a-super-deal-be-sure-to-check-out-our-reverb-store/ Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:22:58 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/looking-for-a-super-deal-be-sure-to-check-out-our-reverb-store/ Over 800 listings are available at our Reverb outlet including tons of great deals on demo/used/trial mouthpieces!

Shop My Store on Reverb

Austin Custom Brass | Reverb

]]> Over 800 listings are available at our Reverb outlet including tons of great deals on demo/used/trial mouthpieces!

Shop My Store on Reverb

Austin Custom Brass | Reverb

]]> <![CDATA[Custom Mouthpiece Kits for Educators]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/custom-mouthpiece-kits-for-educators/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:51:57 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/custom-mouthpiece-kits-for-educators/ Austin Custom Brass Experience Boxes have been available for over a year now and continue to be a resounding success with private teachers, studio professors, and band directors. However, we have had some requests for more customized kits and been happy to oblige making metal mouthpiece kits for schools. Pictured here, alongside one of our Experience Boxes, is a custom kit we recently made for a high school featuring a combination of ACB Standard Series Mouthpiece Tops, ACB Backbores, and the ACB Fabrication Series for Trumpet. We have also made kits for trombone studios (check the small one pictured here that is a “large bore, orchestral mouthpiece kit" featuring our ACB 5, ACB 4.5, and ACB 4). We can customize for your needs with just a few mouthpieces or a 100 piece set if you want it! If we make the mouthpiece we can make a kit for you. Each custom kit comes with a custom display case so you can safely store and display the mouthpieces. This is just one of the many services Austin Custom Brass is happy to offer to educators. Want a custom ACB metal mouthpiece kit for your program? Call us 816-410-0826 or email us at info@austincustombrass.com. Of course, the Experience Boxes are still available online or you can contact us to place an order for your program. 

]]> Austin Custom Brass Experience Boxes have been available for over a year now and continue to be a resounding success with private teachers, studio professors, and band directors. However, we have had some requests for more customized kits and been happy to oblige making metal mouthpiece kits for schools. Pictured here, alongside one of our Experience Boxes, is a custom kit we recently made for a high school featuring a combination of ACB Standard Series Mouthpiece Tops, ACB Backbores, and the ACB Fabrication Series for Trumpet. We have also made kits for trombone studios (check the small one pictured here that is a “large bore, orchestral mouthpiece kit" featuring our ACB 5, ACB 4.5, and ACB 4). We can customize for your needs with just a few mouthpieces or a 100 piece set if you want it! If we make the mouthpiece we can make a kit for you. Each custom kit comes with a custom display case so you can safely store and display the mouthpieces. This is just one of the many services Austin Custom Brass is happy to offer to educators. Want a custom ACB metal mouthpiece kit for your program? Call us 816-410-0826 or email us at info@austincustombrass.com. Of course, the Experience Boxes are still available online or you can contact us to place an order for your program. 

]]> <![CDATA[Back-to-school season is here and we want to work with you! ]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/backtoschool-season-is-here-and-we-want-to-work-with-you-/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:25:46 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/backtoschool-season-is-here-and-we-want-to-work-with-you-/
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]]> <![CDATA[Christmas in JULY! Scoop up these deals today]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/christmas-in-july-scoop-up-these-deals-today/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:13:32 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/christmas-in-july-scoop-up-these-deals-today/ It's that time of the year folks!  Christmas in July!  Time to scoop up all these amazing deals...

Click HERE

(or type in CIJ in the search bar to see some COOL deals)

Click HERE

]]> It's that time of the year folks!  Christmas in July!  Time to scoop up all these amazing deals...

Click HERE

(or type in CIJ in the search bar to see some COOL deals)

Click HERE

]]> <![CDATA[Dealers for Austin Custom Brass]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/dealers-for-austin-custom-brass/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:28:49 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/dealers-for-austin-custom-brass/ ACB available elsewhere? Yes! We are excited to have partnered with a few different shops around the country. While we love welcoming folks into Austin Custom Brass, here in Kansas City, we know that sometimes we aren’t the closest shop near you. We are excited to work with Ernie Williamson Music (multiple locations), J. Landress Brass (New York, NY), Western Hills Music (Cincinnati, OH), and West Valley Music (Mountain View, CA). These shops all offer, or can get, Austin Custom Brass mouthpieces and ACB Doubler’s Instruments, ACB Student Trumpet and Trombone, and our ACB Professional models like the 2RL Trumpet and Orchestral Trombones.They offer these ACB instruments to individuals, schools, and other organizations. We are honored to get to work with these fantastic shops and folks! Honestly, it means a lot to us that these shops are bring Austin Custom Brass to musicians around the country.  

Donovan, from Ernie Williamson Music posted this on his YouTube channel and we wanted to share it with you. Thanks Donovan! CLICK HERE

]]> ACB available elsewhere? Yes! We are excited to have partnered with a few different shops around the country. While we love welcoming folks into Austin Custom Brass, here in Kansas City, we know that sometimes we aren’t the closest shop near you. We are excited to work with Ernie Williamson Music (multiple locations), J. Landress Brass (New York, NY), Western Hills Music (Cincinnati, OH), and West Valley Music (Mountain View, CA). These shops all offer, or can get, Austin Custom Brass mouthpieces and ACB Doubler’s Instruments, ACB Student Trumpet and Trombone, and our ACB Professional models like the 2RL Trumpet and Orchestral Trombones.They offer these ACB instruments to individuals, schools, and other organizations. We are honored to get to work with these fantastic shops and folks! Honestly, it means a lot to us that these shops are bring Austin Custom Brass to musicians around the country.  

Donovan, from Ernie Williamson Music posted this on his YouTube channel and we wanted to share it with you. Thanks Donovan! CLICK HERE

]]> <![CDATA[Have you checked out ACB's FREE lessons on YouTube?]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/have-you-checked-out-acbs-free-lessons-on-youtube/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:56:10 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/have-you-checked-out-acbs-free-lessons-on-youtube/

Mini-Lesson Series So you’ve bought a new instrument , but now what? Getting better at playing a brass instrument is a lifelong journey.

In this series of Mini-Lessons you’ll learn about everything from playing high notes to sounding good while playing high notes, and everything else in between!

Like:

Jazz improvisation

Proper breathing

Time management

Practice strategies

How to pick out the right gear

How to play efficiently

Tips from master teachers like Clark Terry and Carmine Caruso

The importance of pedal tones

Technical work and how to play faster And lots more!

Many of the lessons are based on customer requests, so please post your suggestions in the comments! Want more in-depth, personal feedback?

Send us an email at info@austinbustombrass.com for details and rates for online lessons with Trent!

Here's the link:

https://tinyurl.com/acblessons

Trent Austin’s Bio: Celebrated trumpet artist, educator/clinician and entrepreneur, Trent Austin is a trumpeting Renaissance Man. His brilliant performances and recordings in both the jazz and classical music worlds, as well as packed-house Master Classes have garnered him rave reviews, awards and International acclaim.

As an in-demand pro, Trent has performed with a lengthy list of music’s Who’s Who: Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Jack Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Hal Galper, Dick Oatts, Marvin Stamm, Red Holloway, Jesse Davis, Dick Johnson, Kenny Werner, and Bob Wilber. For eleven years, Austin was a featured trumpet soloist with the famed Artie Shaw Orchestra. He is currently a first-call performer in the Kansas City Metro area. Trent has recorded 4 CDs: Trumpet 101 (2001), Two-Toned (2006), Meditations for Solo Trumpet (2009), and Trumpet 102 (2012). Each of these efforts demonstrates his impeccable command of his instrument and marvelous artistic approach.

Trent has studied jazz improvisation privately with greats Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner, Chuck Findley and engaged in extensive studies with Hal Crook and Charlie Banacos. His primary classical instructors include studies with Robert Stibler of the University of New Hampshire, Benjamin Wright of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and with Edward Carroll, formerly musical director of the New York Trumpet Ensemble. Fiercely dedicated to the cause and development of music and jazz education, Trent was a trumpet professor at the University of Southern Maine for 9 years and regularly provides clinics and Master Classes nationwide at various trumpet and brass conferences, including at the International Trumpet Guild Conference and other trumpet/brass conferences.

Trent also maintains an active teaching studio in Kansas City, MO and worldwide online via Skype, providing trumpet and jazz improvisation lessons.

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Mini-Lesson Series So you’ve bought a new instrument , but now what? Getting better at playing a brass instrument is a lifelong journey.

In this series of Mini-Lessons you’ll learn about everything from playing high notes to sounding good while playing high notes, and everything else in between!

Like:

Jazz improvisation

Proper breathing

Time management

Practice strategies

How to pick out the right gear

How to play efficiently

Tips from master teachers like Clark Terry and Carmine Caruso

The importance of pedal tones

Technical work and how to play faster And lots more!

Many of the lessons are based on customer requests, so please post your suggestions in the comments! Want more in-depth, personal feedback?

Send us an email at info@austinbustombrass.com for details and rates for online lessons with Trent!

Here's the link:

https://tinyurl.com/acblessons

Trent Austin’s Bio: Celebrated trumpet artist, educator/clinician and entrepreneur, Trent Austin is a trumpeting Renaissance Man. His brilliant performances and recordings in both the jazz and classical music worlds, as well as packed-house Master Classes have garnered him rave reviews, awards and International acclaim.

As an in-demand pro, Trent has performed with a lengthy list of music’s Who’s Who: Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Jack Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Hal Galper, Dick Oatts, Marvin Stamm, Red Holloway, Jesse Davis, Dick Johnson, Kenny Werner, and Bob Wilber. For eleven years, Austin was a featured trumpet soloist with the famed Artie Shaw Orchestra. He is currently a first-call performer in the Kansas City Metro area. Trent has recorded 4 CDs: Trumpet 101 (2001), Two-Toned (2006), Meditations for Solo Trumpet (2009), and Trumpet 102 (2012). Each of these efforts demonstrates his impeccable command of his instrument and marvelous artistic approach.

Trent has studied jazz improvisation privately with greats Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner, Chuck Findley and engaged in extensive studies with Hal Crook and Charlie Banacos. His primary classical instructors include studies with Robert Stibler of the University of New Hampshire, Benjamin Wright of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and with Edward Carroll, formerly musical director of the New York Trumpet Ensemble. Fiercely dedicated to the cause and development of music and jazz education, Trent was a trumpet professor at the University of Southern Maine for 9 years and regularly provides clinics and Master Classes nationwide at various trumpet and brass conferences, including at the International Trumpet Guild Conference and other trumpet/brass conferences.

Trent also maintains an active teaching studio in Kansas City, MO and worldwide online via Skype, providing trumpet and jazz improvisation lessons.

]]> <![CDATA[Heads up... our phone systems are not operating at 100% today]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/heads-up-our-phone-systems-are-not-operating-at-100-today/ Thu, 14 May 2026 10:55:49 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/heads-up-our-phone-systems-are-not-operating-at-100-today/ Heads up our phone system is very wonky today. We can't accept calls but are checking numbers and returning anyone's calls asap. Tech is grand when it works... today not so much. If for some reason we don't call you back please reach out via info@austincustombrass.com or send a message here and we'll follow up with you!

Thanks for understanding!

]]> Heads up our phone system is very wonky today. We can't accept calls but are checking numbers and returning anyone's calls asap. Tech is grand when it works... today not so much. If for some reason we don't call you back please reach out via info@austincustombrass.com or send a message here and we'll follow up with you!

Thanks for understanding!

]]> <![CDATA[On the road again!]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/on-the-road-again-136faa/ Wed, 13 May 2026 16:49:18 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/on-the-road-again-136faa/

 

We're on the road again! 

 
Happy MAY  everyone!   While most folks know we'll be at ITG in Rochester, NY at the end of the month we are doing two additional shows in the next week!   We hope to see you there, hear you play some great gear, catch up, and say hi! 

 

 

Best,
- T

MWRTEC

IOWA!

ACB is making our first trip officially to Iowa Bandmasters this week!  Come say hi to the ACB  booth, grab a free mouthpiece,  play some of our school special amazing instruments for your program, or pick up an educator mouthpiece kit!   We'll be exhibiting May 14th and 15th. 

 

MWRTEC

Come see us at this year's MWRTEC hosted IN KANSAS CITY at UMKC!   In addition to our Doubler's Euphoniums we are hosting Eastman Tubas and displaying with them at the show. We'll have at least 10 Tubas there and MANY Euphoniums. 
Iowa Bandmasters

Check out the special flash sale  TODAY (May 13th) ONLY!!!
Bass bone flash

 
Image of ACB Trumpet & Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Bundle
ACB Trumpet & Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Bundle
$435.00
Shop now
Image of ACB Low Brass Mouthpiece Bundle
ACB Low Brass Mouthpiece Bundle
$345.00
Shop now
Image of FLASH BUNDLE DEAL! Trumpet Student Band Class Bundle
FLASH BUNDLE DEAL! Trumpet Student Band Class Bundle
$190.00
Shop now
Image of Austin Custom Brass Standard Series Trumpet Mouthpieces
Austin Custom Brass Standard Series Trumpet Mouthpieces
$165.00
Shop now
Image of ACB Doubler's Flugelhorn: Our #1 Selling Product at ACB!
ACB Doubler's Flugelhorn: Our #1 Selling Product at ACB!
$949.99
Shop now
Image of Gard Elite 'Taco' Inserts for Multiple Trumpet Bags
Gard Elite 'Taco' Inserts for Multiple Trumpet Bags
$35.00
Shop now
ACB Vids
 
ACB IG
 
ACB FB
 
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We're on the road again! 

 
Happy MAY  everyone!   While most folks know we'll be at ITG in Rochester, NY at the end of the month we are doing two additional shows in the next week!   We hope to see you there, hear you play some great gear, catch up, and say hi! 

 

 

Best,
- T

MWRTEC

IOWA!

ACB is making our first trip officially to Iowa Bandmasters this week!  Come say hi to the ACB  booth, grab a free mouthpiece,  play some of our school special amazing instruments for your program, or pick up an educator mouthpiece kit!   We'll be exhibiting May 14th and 15th. 

 

MWRTEC

Come see us at this year's MWRTEC hosted IN KANSAS CITY at UMKC!   In addition to our Doubler's Euphoniums we are hosting Eastman Tubas and displaying with them at the show. We'll have at least 10 Tubas there and MANY Euphoniums. 
Iowa Bandmasters

Check out the special flash sale  TODAY (May 13th) ONLY!!!
Bass bone flash

 
Image of ACB Trumpet & Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Bundle
ACB Trumpet & Flugelhorn Mouthpiece Bundle
$435.00
Shop now
Image of ACB Low Brass Mouthpiece Bundle
ACB Low Brass Mouthpiece Bundle
$345.00
Shop now
Image of FLASH BUNDLE DEAL! Trumpet Student Band Class Bundle
FLASH BUNDLE DEAL! Trumpet Student Band Class Bundle
$190.00
Shop now
Image of Austin Custom Brass Standard Series Trumpet Mouthpieces
Austin Custom Brass Standard Series Trumpet Mouthpieces
$165.00
Shop now
Image of ACB Doubler's Flugelhorn: Our #1 Selling Product at ACB!
ACB Doubler's Flugelhorn: Our #1 Selling Product at ACB!
$949.99
Shop now
Image of Gard Elite 'Taco' Inserts for Multiple Trumpet Bags
Gard Elite 'Taco' Inserts for Multiple Trumpet Bags
$35.00
Shop now
ACB Vids
 
ACB IG
 
ACB FB
 
]]> <![CDATA[Bundle and SAVE at ACB today!]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/bundle-and-save-at-acb-today/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:46:57 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/bundle-and-save-at-acb-today/ ACB bunldes

We've also added a bunch of super bundles to the store recently!   Time to Bundle and save!  Click the picture for some awesome deals!

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We've also added a bunch of super bundles to the store recently!   Time to Bundle and save!  Click the picture for some awesome deals!

]]> <![CDATA[Got MPC?]]> https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/got-mpc/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:45:53 +0000 https://www.austincustombrass.biz/blog/got-mpc/ Here at ACB  we have tons of incredibly fun, awesome, and varied Mouthpieces to take your performance to the highest levels!

Check out the amazing selection below!

https://austincustombrass.biz/acbmouthpieces/

]]> Here at ACB  we have tons of incredibly fun, awesome, and varied Mouthpieces to take your performance to the highest levels!

Check out the amazing selection below!

https://austincustombrass.biz/acbmouthpieces/

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