HR-401G F-/Bb Double Horn : Bought it mainly for the affordable price for a first-hand french horn

( 4years of horn experience in school and community bands)

Response in the lower register(2 and a half register below tuning F note) is great with solid easy blowing full sound. It gets a bit difficult playing the High A note and above as it is met with a lot of resistance but the tone is still warm and full. The D note(T12/T3) required a bit of getting used to as I often mispitch on this horn compared to other horns(Conn 7D/Holton H181, H179).

The engravings on the valve cap is beautiful and all spit valves were working perfectly. The metal is comparable to a professional horn by other brands. Just need to make sure to do a thorough check on all the screws (valve area and trigger) as I received it half screwed in. The reason for a quality rating of 4 is due to welding defects around the horn with some plating damaged around the connecting areas and a small bit of the bell screw was not covered with the plating fully.

Despite the flaws above, I rate it 5 stars overall as it super worth for its pricing and considering it is worth going against well-established brands such as Conn and Holton.