Bob's Top Tens

10. If you are afraid of clowns, it's been called the CLOWN OF THE ORCHESTRA!
9. They cost to much to buy. But if you have a rich Grandma you could sucker her into getting you one and pay for lessons and reeds.
8. Some people call the bassoon a belching bedpost. How repulsive is that?
7. If you hate jigsaw puzzles, don't get a bassoon. It has too many parts that have to fit together. (See Bob's bio)
6. If you decide to take up the bassoon in school, most school bassoons really suck. See #9.
5. It's heavy and you need two strong hands to hold it up, and you need be handy to play one, and you need to have well educated thumbs. How many instruments actually require you to use all five digits on both hands to play it and hold it up?
4. It been called an ill wind that nobody blows good. (We actually think this refers to the contrabassoon!)
3.....No number three. Bob is too busy making bassoon reeds to get to this....check back. Maybe making and scraping reeds is a good reason not to play bassoon? AND reeds are really expensive to buy. See #9.
2. The name for the bassoon in German is das Fagott. AKA a bundle of sticks....Enough said?
1. (A little fanfare on a bassoon reed) Some think the bassoon is a phallic symbol. Is that cool or what?