French Horn Hand Guard,Genuine Leather

I've needed one of these for a long time. Makes playing more comfortable.

I started playing French Horn in 6th grade, and now that my daughter is starting to play, I wanted to get her a grip for her school horn(s). I was pleased to find that they now have velcro; I had to lace mine on to my horn, so I thought this would be great! Except it doesn't fit on her horn. I'm not sure if it's because it's a double horn, or what the issue was, but this was too small to close around the lead pipe. It might work on a single horn, but it does NOT work on a double horn.

Easy installation. Hand guard is as stated, genuine leather. Comfort improves the more I use my horn.

This is a pretty good hand guard, especially while Leather Specialties isn't taking orders. The segmented design of the velcro sections is handy for making it fit lots of different instruments without unsightly/uncomfortable creases. There are two minor issues: - The velcro should really be the other way around, so that it wraps around the underside of the lead pipe instead of around the top. - There doesn't appear to be a moisture barrier. While this is an issue, it's often overblown: just use a piece of plastic wrap underneath.

I ordered this particular hand guard because the description indicated it was "large" and should fit my Conn 8D. It arrived in a plain clear bag; no size or other info provided. Had to do some major 'surgery' on the item (including cutting off almost 25% of the material) to get it to fit at all. Hole provided for pinky brace was only 1/8-inch diameter. Finally got it to fit, but barely. It is not at all snug and brushes up against the thumb trigger. Better than nothing. Predict I will have to replace it soon.

Does not fit a CONN 8D. Even if it did fit, the velcro area is so bulky and uncomfortable that I wouldn't be able to play with it on.

This was a nice leather, but it was too long and not wide enough to fit my double horn (Holton H179). The leather was too thick to fit under my thumb key, the opening for the hold was tiny (I did manage to get it over my hold finally) and it wasn't designed for horns where the lead pipe isn't welded onto the rest of the tubing (my lead pipe is spaced from the rest of the tubing) so I couldn't get it closed on the top or the bottom. It's probably great for a single horn or a horn where the thumb key is very far from the lead pipe tubing, and one in which the lead pipe is welded on to the rest of the tubing.

Fits my conn 8d very well. I will be doing some adjusting to the very top near the lead pipe. Leather is genuine and pretty great quality especially for 10 bucks. :)