He would use a bit of string this time, and at the critical moment, when the old fool was leaning over the chair at an angle of forty-five, and trying to reach a point three inches beyond what was possible for him to reach, the string would slip, and down he would slide on to the piano, a really fine musical effect being produced by the suddenness with which his head and body struck all the notes at the same time.
Il utilisait un bout de ficelle, cette fois-ci, et, au moment critique ou ce bon vieux crétin se penchait sur son perchoir selon un angle de quarante-cinq degrés, tentant d’atteindre un point que les lois de l’équilibre lui interdisaient, la ficelle lui faussait compagnie, il tombait a son tour et atterrissait sur le piano avec un tres bel effet musical du a l’ensemble parfait avec lequel sa tete et son corps venaient frapper les touches.