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Thumbplate Oboes
The thumbplate is a a conservatoire instrument with an additional thumb key. When you play C in the first octave you take it off and those front two keys are released. This means the oboe is carefully balanced between the left index finger and the right hand thumb which hooks under the thumb rest on the second joint of the oboe.
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