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==History==
 
==History==
  
'''The Linking Pins''' evolved from the old '''Piff-Paff-Poof''', a popular trick in which the performer "magically" unlinked two ordinary pins. It was marketed by [[Gene Gordon]] in the early thirties, and a few years later, a version attributed to [[Don White]] appeared in [[Hilliard]]'s ''[[Greater Magic]]''. In 1943, [[L. Vosburgh Lyons]] published an approach using a gimmicked key-pin in ''[[The Phoenix]]'', which he called '''Slip, Snap, Spoof'''.
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'''The Linking Pins''' evolved from the old '''Piff-Paff-Poof''', a popular trick in which the performer "magically" unlinked two ordinary pins. It was marketed by [[Gene Gordon]] in the early thirties and a presentation for it was printed within the "Vest Pocket and Impromptu Magic" column by [[W. F. Van Zandt]]  in the December 1934 of [[The Linking Ring]].<ref>Remix, MUM, October 2006</ref>  A few years later, a version attributed to [[Don White]] appeared in [[Hilliard]]'s ''[[Greater Magic]]'' (1938). In 1943, [[L. Vosburgh Lyons]] published an approach using a gimmicked key-pin in ''[[The Phoenix]]'', which he called '''Slip, Snap, Spoof'''.
  
 
Enter [[Jerry Andrus]], who in 1955, released his '''Linking Pins'''. He used two regular pins as well as Lyons' gaffed pin, and had an entire routine linking and unlinking all three. The following year, he published what remains to this day the definitive treatise on the Linking Pins, '''''Safety Pin-Trix'''''. [[Ron Bauer]] had a comedy version published in ''[[The New Tops]]'' in 1962.
 
Enter [[Jerry Andrus]], who in 1955, released his '''Linking Pins'''. He used two regular pins as well as Lyons' gaffed pin, and had an entire routine linking and unlinking all three. The following year, he published what remains to this day the definitive treatise on the Linking Pins, '''''Safety Pin-Trix'''''. [[Ron Bauer]] had a comedy version published in ''[[The New Tops]]'' in 1962.
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In 1978, [[Tony Slydini]] made a big splash when his '''Mystery of the Gold Pins''' was published in ''[[Apocalypse]]''. It was also sold by him and through [[Palmer Magic]] as the '''Slydini Pins'''.
 
In 1978, [[Tony Slydini]] made a big splash when his '''Mystery of the Gold Pins''' was published in ''[[Apocalypse]]''. It was also sold by him and through [[Palmer Magic]] as the '''Slydini Pins'''.
  
The development of the "soft" pin was published by [[Han van Senus]] in ''Apocalypse'' four years later. It would provid inspiration for [[Dan Garrett]] and his popular '''Pin-Demonium''', as well as [[Bruce Bernstein]]'s '''Linking Pins Routine''' and [[Michael Weber]]'s '''End to Pindemonium'''.
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The development of the "soft" pin was published by [[Han van Senus]] in ''Apocalypse'' in 1982. It would provide inspiration for [[Dan Garrett]] and his popular '''Pin-Demonium''', as well as [[Bruce Bernstein]]'s '''Linking Pins Routine''' and [[Michael Weber]]'s '''End to Pindemonium'''.
  
 
[[Gaetan Bloom]] developed a new and unique methods in the mid-eighties, and has become well-known for the trick.
 
[[Gaetan Bloom]] developed a new and unique methods in the mid-eighties, and has become well-known for the trick.
  
A new gimmick was introduced by Nicholas Bengston in 2004, and sold as '''''Dreamweaver''''' [[through Murphy's Magic Supplies]].
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A new gimmick was introduced by Nicholas Bengston in 2004, and sold as '''''Dreamweaver''''' through [[Murphy's Magic Supplies]].
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
 
* '''Piff-Paff-Poof''' ([[Gene Gordon]]): Marketed item, circa 1935.
 
* '''Piff-Paff-Poof''' ([[Gene Gordon]]): Marketed item, circa 1935.
** [[W. Van Zandt]]: ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 14 No. 10 (December 1934, pp. 841-842).
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** [[W. F. Van Zandt]]: ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 14 No. 10 (December 1934, pp. 841-842).
 
** [[Don White]]: [[John Northern Hilliard]], ''[[Greater Magic]]'' (1938, pp. 871-873).
 
** [[Don White]]: [[John Northern Hilliard]], ''[[Greater Magic]]'' (1938, pp. 871-873).
 
** [[Sid Lorraine]], ''[[Patter]]'' (1938, pp. 43-44).
 
** [[Sid Lorraine]], ''[[Patter]]'' (1938, pp. 43-44).
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** [[Bruce Elliott]], ''[[Magic as a Hobby]]'' (1948, pp. 63-66).
 
** [[Bruce Elliott]], ''[[Magic as a Hobby]]'' (1948, pp. 63-66).
  
* '''Pin Perplexer''' ([[Audley Walsh]]): ''[[The Phoenix]], No. 41 (Aug. 6, 1943, p. 170).
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* '''Pin Perplexer''' ([[Audley Walsh]]): ''[[The Phoenix]]'', No. 41 (Aug. 6, 1943, p. 170).
  
 
* '''Slip, Snap, Spoof''' ([[L. V. Lyons]]): ''The Phoenix'', No. 47 (Nov. 5, 1943, pp. 192-193)
 
* '''Slip, Snap, Spoof''' ([[L. V. Lyons]]): ''The Phoenix'', No. 47 (Nov. 5, 1943, pp. 192-193)
 
** [[Bruce Elliott]], ''[[Magic as a Hobby]]'' (1948, pp. 65-67).
 
** [[Bruce Elliott]], ''[[Magic as a Hobby]]'' (1948, pp. 65-67).
  
New Light on Piff, Paff, Pouf''' ([[Jean Poisson]]): ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 10 No. 10 (March 1953, pp. 1053, 1056).
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* '''New Light on Piff, Paff, Pouf''' ([[Jean Poisson]]): ''[[Hugard's Magic Monthly]]'', Vol. 10 No. 10 (March 1953, pp. 1053, 1056).
  
 
* '''Linking Pins''' ([[Jerry Andrus]]): Marketed item, 1954. [[Star Magic]].
 
* '''Linking Pins''' ([[Jerry Andrus]]): Marketed item, 1954. [[Star Magic]].
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** J. G. Thompson, Jr., ''[[Top Secrets of Magic, Vol. 1]]'' (1956, pp. 64-72).
 
** J. G. Thompson, Jr., ''[[Top Secrets of Magic, Vol. 1]]'' (1956, pp. 64-72).
  
* '''Climax for a Safety-Pin Routine'' ([[Rink]]): ''[[The Gen]]'', Vol. 13 No. 6 (October 1957, pp. 180-181).
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* '''Bent Pins''': [[Don Alan]], ''[[Pretty Sneaky]]'' (1956, p. 38).
  
'''Andrus' Giant Safety Pins''' ([[Jerry Andrus]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]], Vol. 37 No. 9 (November 1957, pp. 73-75).
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* '''Climax for a Safety-Pin Routine''' ([[Rink]]): ''[[The Gen]]'', Vol. 13 No. 6 (October 1957, pp. 180-181).
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* '''Andrus' Giant Safety Pins''' ([[Jerry Andrus]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 37 No. 9 (November 1957, pp. 73-75).
  
 
* '''Rinking Pins''' (Rink): ''The Gen'', Vol. 15 No. 12 (April 1960, pp. 300-304).
 
* '''Rinking Pins''' (Rink): ''The Gen'', Vol. 15 No. 12 (April 1960, pp. 300-304).
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* '''A Combination Routine''' ([[Pete Biro]]): ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 58 No. 2 (July 1968, pp. 40-41).
 
* '''A Combination Routine''' ([[Pete Biro]]): ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 58 No. 2 (July 1968, pp. 40-41).
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* '''A Routine With Jerry Andrus' Linking Pins''' ([[John Stanfield]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 53 No. 9 (September 1973, pp. 94-95).
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** '''Play Pins''' (John Stanfield): Marketed item, 1978.
  
 
* '''Pin-Tration''' ([[Amedeo]]): [[Frank Garcia]] and [[George Schindler]], ''[[Amedeo's Continental Magic ]]'' (1974, pp. 55-56).
 
* '''Pin-Tration''' ([[Amedeo]]): [[Frank Garcia]] and [[George Schindler]], ''[[Amedeo's Continental Magic ]]'' (1974, pp. 55-56).
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'''The Mystery of the Gold Pins''' ([[Slydini]]): ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol 1. No. 10 (October 1978, pp. 109-114).
 
'''The Mystery of the Gold Pins''' ([[Slydini]]): ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol 1. No. 10 (October 1978, pp. 109-114).
** '''Slydini Pins''': Marketed item, 1984. Palmer Magic.
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** '''Slydini Pins''': Marketed item, 1984. [[Palmer Magic]].
 
** '''The Friendly Witch and Her Linking Pins''': [[Leslie Mellville]], ''[[Magictales: The Definitive Book of Storytelling Magic]]'' (2006).
 
** '''The Friendly Witch and Her Linking Pins''': [[Leslie Mellville]], ''[[Magictales: The Definitive Book of Storytelling Magic]]'' (2006).
  
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** ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 96 No. 5 (October 2006, pp. 48-49).
 
** ''[[M-U-M]]'', Vol. 96 No. 5 (October 2006, pp. 48-49).
  
* '''Ultimate Linking Pins''': [[Gaetan Bloom)]], ''Smashing Close-Up'' (1984, VHS).
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* '''Ultimate Linking Pins''': [[Gaetan Bloom]], ''Smashing Close-Up'' (1984, VHS).
  
 
* '''Linking Pins''': [[Karl Norman]], ''[[Here's How: The Close-up Magic of Karl Norman]]'' (1985).
 
* '''Linking Pins''': [[Karl Norman]], ''[[Here's How: The Close-up Magic of Karl Norman]]'' (1985).
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* '''''Stealth Linking Pins''''': ([[Geno Munari]]), 2001. [[Houdini's Magic]], 30 pages (with props).
 
* '''''Stealth Linking Pins''''': ([[Geno Munari]]), 2001. [[Houdini's Magic]], 30 pages (with props).
  
* '''Acupuncture''': [[Sol Stone]], ''Quick & Casual Close-Up'' (2002, VHS, [[Meir Yedid Magic]]).
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* '''Acupuncture''': [[Sol Stone]], ''Quick & Casual Close-Up'' (2002, DVD, [[Meir Yedid Magic]]).
  
 
* '''''Dreamweaver''''': [[Nicholas Bengston]], 2004. [[Murphy's Magic Supplies]], 20 pages (with props).
 
* '''''Dreamweaver''''': [[Nicholas Bengston]], 2004. [[Murphy's Magic Supplies]], 20 pages (with props).
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 23 January 2015

The Linking Pins is a trick invented and popularized by Jerry Andrus, in which the performer causes safety pins to "magically" link and unlink from one another.

History

The Linking Pins evolved from the old Piff-Paff-Poof, a popular trick in which the performer "magically" unlinked two ordinary pins. It was marketed by Gene Gordon in the early thirties and a presentation for it was printed within the "Vest Pocket and Impromptu Magic" column by W. F. Van Zandt in the December 1934 of The Linking Ring.[1] A few years later, a version attributed to Don White appeared in Hilliard's Greater Magic (1938). In 1943, L. Vosburgh Lyons published an approach using a gimmicked key-pin in The Phoenix, which he called Slip, Snap, Spoof.

Enter Jerry Andrus, who in 1955, released his Linking Pins. He used two regular pins as well as Lyons' gaffed pin, and had an entire routine linking and unlinking all three. The following year, he published what remains to this day the definitive treatise on the Linking Pins, Safety Pin-Trix. Ron Bauer had a comedy version published in The New Tops in 1962.

In 1978, Tony Slydini made a big splash when his Mystery of the Gold Pins was published in Apocalypse. It was also sold by him and through Palmer Magic as the Slydini Pins.

The development of the "soft" pin was published by Han van Senus in Apocalypse in 1982. It would provide inspiration for Dan Garrett and his popular Pin-Demonium, as well as Bruce Bernstein's Linking Pins Routine and Michael Weber's End to Pindemonium.

Gaetan Bloom developed a new and unique methods in the mid-eighties, and has become well-known for the trick.

A new gimmick was introduced by Nicholas Bengston in 2004, and sold as Dreamweaver through Murphy's Magic Supplies.

Publications

  • Climax for a Safety-Pin Routine (Rink): The Gen, Vol. 13 No. 6 (October 1957, pp. 180-181).
  • Rinking Pins (Rink): The Gen, Vol. 15 No. 12 (April 1960, pp. 300-304).
  • A Combination Routine (Pete Biro): M-U-M, Vol. 58 No. 2 (July 1968, pp. 40-41).
  • A Routine With Jerry Andrus' Linking Pins (John Stanfield): The Linking Ring, Vol. 53 No. 9 (September 1973, pp. 94-95).
    • Play Pins (John Stanfield): Marketed item, 1978.
  • Super Pin Routine (Edward Marlo): M-U-M, Vol. 68 No. 5 (October 1978, pp. 20-23).
    • Jon Racherbaumer, At the Table (1984, pp. 41-49).

The Mystery of the Gold Pins (Slydini): Apocalypse, Vol 1. No. 10 (October 1978, pp. 109-114).

  • Linking Pins Routine (Jim Rainho): M-U-M, Vol. 70 No. 12 (May 1981, p. 36).
  • The Incredible Linking Pins (Jose de la Torre): M-U-M, Vol. 73 No. 8 (January 1984, pp. 17-19).
    • M-U-M, Vol. 96 No. 5 (October 2006, pp. 48-49).
  • Ultimate Linking Pins: Gaetan Bloom, Smashing Close-Up (1984, VHS).


References

  1. Remix, MUM, October 2006