Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Linking Pins
    The Linking Pins
    The Linking Pins
    Ebook58 pages23 minutes

    The Linking Pins

    By D. Angelo Ferri

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Angelo Ferri
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9780463398517
    The Linking Pins
    Author

    D. Angelo Ferri

    I was a little kid in the 1950's. At first we lived with my mothers parents in their apartment. Sundays meant family dinners, aunts, uncles, cousins. After dinner my brother, my cousins and I would all go out to play. Sometimes we'd head to the Italian pastry shop for lemon ice. All my uncles and my father had fought in World Two, so I heard stories about their experiences from time to time. My mother told me stories about growing up during the depression, seeing Joe Di Maggio play base ball. I loved those old gangster movies and radio shows. I'd watch the Friday night fights with my Uncle Willie and he'd tell me about the boxers. It was a great time to be a kid. I wanted to put all of this into my story. I wanted to remember how things used to be when the family was together. Every Sunday, after dinner the men would play cards. I was fascinated by the way they shuffled the cards and the strategy of the games. Years later I would become a professional Magician. I studied with the great Italian Master Slydini. I re-learned Neapolitan, the dialect I heard growing up. For the past five years I've traveled to Napoli and performed while speaking Neapolitan, which I love. I hope to continue to write and perform.

    Read more from D. Angelo Ferri

    Related authors

    Related to The Linking Pins

    Related ebooks

    Industries For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Remembering Ricky Jay

      Jun 1, 2019

      Remembering Ricky Jay
      15 min read

    • Article

      Master Of The Cards

      May 1, 2020

      Master Of The Cards
      14 min read

    • Article

      Master Of The Cards Cards

      May 1, 2020

      Master Of The Cards Cards
      14 min read

    • Article

      Magic In A Bottle

      Aug 17, 2019

      Magic In A Bottle
      5 min read

    • Article

      Now You See It

      Sep 1, 2020

      Now You See It
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Art Of Illusion

      Oct 30, 2022

      The Art Of Illusion
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Show Of Hands

      Sep 5, 2022

      A Show Of Hands
      10 min read

    • Article

      Perfecting Pot Calls

      Mar 21, 2023

      “THE SOUND FROM a pot call goes two ways,” my friend said. “Up, and down. You want the palm of your hand away from the bottom of that call as far as you can, so the sound comes out from the bottom even better than the top. If you palm it, you not onl

      3 min read

    • Article

      Put It Away

      Sep 10, 2021

      Put It Away
      3 min read

    • Article

      Ethics In Street Photography

      Jul 29, 2023

      Ethics In Street Photography
      12 min read

    • Article

      A Helping hand

      Aug 10, 2023

      A Helping hand
      5 min read

    • Article

      07 Phil X

      Aug 30, 2019

      07 Phil X
      1 min read

    • Article

      Confinement Creativity

      Jun 16, 2020

      Confinement Creativity
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Hanging Man

      Jun 10, 2023

      The projections on the floor were making me dizzy, but I tried concentrating on my croissant. I didn’t want the art to ruin my breakfast. I was alone among the art projections by unknown artists. The only single table among couples and families at a

      5 min read

    • Article

      Capturing The Essence Of Youth

      Oct 4, 2022

      Capturing The Essence Of Youth
      5 min read

    • Article

      Selfie

      May 28, 2021

      Selfie
      6 min read

    • Article

      Lasting Love

      Jun 25, 2021

      Photography came into my life at a very timely segue. I was battling clinical depression, and photography became my rescue. It is the only language I understand and I’ve spoken it for the past seven years now. And so, if I’m ever asked what inspires

      1 min read

    • Article

      Hats Off

      Dec 9, 2023

      Hats Off
      6 min read

    • Article

      Food For Thought

      Nov 18, 2020

      Over the last 30 years I must have seen hundreds of students playing and staring at their hands but only last week have worked out why it’s not a good idea, for most people, most of the time. I was doing a one-on-one video lesson with a girl who was

      3 min read

    • Article

      Power Of Distraction

      Jan 19, 2024

      Power Of Distraction
      3 min read

    • Article

      Make Your Art Unique to You

      Oct 12, 2023

      Make Your Art Unique to You
      7 min read

    • Article

      Look After Yourself

      Jun 13, 2018

      EDITOR DAMIEN ASHENHURST Every now and then I write about the subject of suicide. At times I’ve brought someone in, like Phil Jamieson from the band Grinspoon, to have a say. The reason I do this in a dirtbike magazine is because our demographic is p

      4 min read

    • Article

      Just For Laughs Pranks

      Dec 1, 2020

      What do you call someone who is gullible or easily deceived? A chump! What you need: → a ketchup packet → a drink served in a colored cup with a cover or a glass, with a colored drink → a straw 1. Pour the drink into the glass or cup2. Tear a hole in

      1 min read

    • Article

      Wes On Watches

      Apr 15, 2024

      Wes On Watches
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Linking Pins

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Linking Pins - D. Angelo Ferri

      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

      Other e-books by D. Angelo Ferri

      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

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1