Transcript:
Schroeder sits at the piano playing.
Charlie Brown comes over and takes his hand and walks along. He says,“C’mon, Schroeder, we’ll see how good you are on a real piano!”
A puzzled Charlie Brown watches as Schreoder sits at the real piano crying.
Schroeder sits at his toy piano playing, sniffing but happy. Charlie Brown looks at thim and says,“I don’t get it…I just don’t get it!”
Trivia:
According to Schulz Museum, the music in the comic strip below is an excerpt from Beethoven, Opus 13/II, Adagio cantabile from Sonata #8 (“Pathetique”).). This is also the 1st anniversary of Peanuts.
Original comic:
Obviously the keys are too wide for his small hands. In his miniature piano, he can probably span an octave or maybe even a tenth. On a full size piano, he might only be able to span a sixth, which would be severely limiting.
