# Green Acres - What's that noise?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-acres-whats-that-noise/396960>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 22, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-acres-whats-that-noise/396960 "2007-03-22T01:20:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![neorxnawange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@neorxnawange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neorxnawange)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-acres-whats-that-noise/396960/1 "2007-03-22T01:20:25Z")

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The “in-between-scenes” music in Green Acres - it has this sound - like a pig’s snort. It sounds like a mouth harp but more. . . disgusting. What instrument makes this noise?

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-acres-whats-that-noise/396960/2 "2007-03-22T01:26:49Z")

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[Bass harmonica](http://www.contrabass.com/pages/bassharp.html). It can also be heard in the second verse of the Simon & Garfunkel song “The Boxer”.