The Linking Pins

By D. Angelo Ferri

Slydini taught me his Linking Pins Routine sometime in the late 1970’s. For several Thanksgiving’s, during that time, Slydini arranged for several of his students, including myself, to perform at the Windows on the World Restaurant, atop the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Slydini also ‘table hopped’ a bit himself on those occasions, and this is where I got to see him perform this routine for laymen.

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. Angelo Ferri
• Release date: Jan 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463398517

D. Angelo Ferri

Thank you for taking a look at my profile page. Welcome! My magic e-books are dedicated to my teacher Slydini. It is my sincere hope that some Magicians will take up a serious study of his Art and pass it on to another generation of Magicians. My e-book: The Glass through the Table is a free download, my way to introduce you to the Magic of my teacher, Slydini. . Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with Magic, those old time private eye movies, especially the Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, playing cards, and all things Italian. One night, while walking through the San Francisco Financial District, the idea for my own detective stories came to me. I’ve written two e-books that will teach you how to play some great Italian Cards games. My e-book: Scopa is a free download, my way to introduce you to my detective and the Italian Card Game Scopa.

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Slydini’s Linking Pins, 2019 Edition

by D. Angelo Ferri

Distributed by Smashwords

Copyright 2019

D. Angelo Ferri

Contents

Introduction

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

Meet the Author, D. Angelo Ferri

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Introduction

Slydini taught me his Linking Pins Routine sometime in the late 1970’s. For several Thanksgiving’s, during that time, Slydini arranged for several of his students, including myself, to perform at the Windows on the World Restaurant, atop the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Slydini also ‘table hopped’ a bit himself on those occasions, and this is where I got to see him perform this routine for laymen.

(At one point, during one of these Thanksgiving performances, Slydini was surrounded by a group of busboys who were delighted to find out he spoke Spanish. He did his Color Changing Card Routine for them. I call it a Color Change so magicians will understand what I mean, but Slydini did not perform it as such; in his hands, it was not a Color Change, it was a Card Vanish. At one point, one of the busboy’s reached out to touch the cards; another immediately slapped his hand away. He said: No, this is the Maestro!)

The Pins were performed as either a prelude to another effect or placed in between two other routines. Slydini’s introduction of the effect was almost as long as the trick. The actual magic goes on for about a minute, perhaps a minute and half; that’s it. The pins are never offered for examination and once he put them away he seemed to forget about them. He was on to something else and the pins no longer existed for him. In the final phase of the routine he’d carefully link the pins and then said ‘now they are inside; right’. The spectator would immediately agree and Slydini would look confused, and even a little annoyed. I get so mixed up! Let’s do something else. The pins which were so carefully and openly linked together a moment ago; were apart again and he seemed as mystified as his audience. He shoved the pins in his pocket and immediately moved on to