Henri Brod was born in Paris in 1799 (according to Fetis) and died in 1839. At the age of 12, he became a pupil at the Paris Conservatoire where he was taught by the Professor of Oboe, Auguste-Gustave Vogt, who was only the second holder of the post. Henri Brod soon joined his teacher in the oboe section of the Opera Orchestra and at the Conservatoire concerts. Opinions vary as to the merits of his playing. He soon turned his attention to the development of the cor anglais and the keywork of the oboe, becoming a maker alongside others like Triébert. He wrote a “Methode pour le Hautbois” in two volumes in which he recommends a Triébert oboe as the best available (in vol. 1) and later claims to be the inventor of the half-hole plate for the left fore-finger (in vo1. 2) .
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