The Hall Village Brass logo was established from the history of brass insturments themselves. One of the unique features of a Brass Band is that almost all the instruments that make up a Brass Band come from the one family of instruments, the Saxhorn family, pioneered by Antoine Joseph Sax, who also invented the Saxophone. The Saxhorn family are all valved instruments using the bugle as their basis.
Hall Village Brass Band Ainslie Arts Centre, Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, AUSTRALIA 2612
The most obvious difference between one of the smallest members of the saxhorn family, the Cornet, and its orchestral equivalent, the Trumpet, is the length of the instrument, with the cornet being quite a bit shorter. However, both instruments produce the same pitch of note. The main difference, that affects the sound of these instruments, is in the way the size of the tubing expands along the length of the instrument. Being based on the bugle, the saxhorn family have mainly conical (or flaring out) tubing along the entire length of the instrument, whereas the Trumpet has mainly cylindrical (constant diameter) tubing for the entire length, only flaring out at the bell of the instrument. The Cornet therefore produces a more mellow tone, where as the Trumpet produces a bright brassy tone.
The instruments from the saxhorn family that are used in a Brass Band are: Soprano Cornet, Cornet, Flugal Horn, Tenor Horn, Baritone, Euphonium, Bb Bass, Eb Bass, BBb Bass, and occasionally a EEb Bass. Other instruments used in a Brass Band are Trombones and the Percussive instruments.
As most of the instruments used in a Brass Band are upright instruments (their bells face upwards to the sky), it is only fitting the the Hall Village Brass Band embodies this feature of the saxhorn family into its logo, with the Tenor Horn, Euphonium, and BBb Bass.
