Originally Posted by Ben Dawson
Delia Derbyshire herself said that they were bassoon. I should know, I've watched the documentary 10 dozen times.
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Nope, sorry. I know exactly what you're referring to -- Delia Derbyshire said that Ron Grainer thought that a bass bassoon would be used to cover that section in his original imaginings of the theme --
before it was done radiophonically instead. That just gave a general idea of the sound required. Please go back to the documentary and listen more carefully.
No part of the original Derbyshire theme was done using an actual orchestral instrument. It saddens me to know you didn't realize that, Ben.