It’s all thumbs. A non-musician friend of mine was looking at my bassoon the other day and, with an incredulous look, asked, “Are all these buttons for one finger?” “Yes,” I replied, filled with an odd sense of pride, “all of those keys are for my thumb.” On my bassoon, the left thumb controls 9 keys while my right thumb gets to take it easy with just 5.Find more Bassoon Fun Facts in Charles Moehnke's blog post