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cyberdave03 Loyal user 287 Posts |
There have been several topics in this forum dealing with groupings of the Tenyo tricks: worst, best, examinable, etc. But an offbeat, though important one would be which tricks can you think of that visually look great, but have sounds associated with the mechanisms that could disclose the secret to a discerning spectator, and how do you cover for them? I'll start:
The Impossible Pen. This one has two sounds: the sound of the pen exiting the inner frame (which can be explained as the sound of the pen penetrating the cover), and the sound of the pen "dropping" into the box - much harder to cover for (get the pun:-). The Crystal Pyramid (AKA Coin in the Crypt). The sound the mechanism makes with the transfer of the coin almost ruins the whole thing. Super Spike (AKA Dark Dagger). The sound the coin(s) make as the the slide is pushed. I try to explain this as the sound of the coin passing through the dagger, but I always fear this will tip someone off as to how it's done. |
J M Talbot Inner circle 3055 Posts |
The great Dealer Al Cohen had a famous line... "listen you can hear the magic happening!"
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dragonash Veteran user the sticks 380 Posts |
The late Paul Diamond said not to worry about the talking because you're talking too. It's just another noise.
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Merc Man Inner circle NUNEATON, Warwickshire 2537 Posts |
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On 2010-12-18 15:22, J M Talbot wrote: :) PRICELESS!!!!
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Over 14 years have passed - and still missing Abra Magazine arriving every Saturday morning. |
Killertweety Inner circle Belgium (-Europe) 1457 Posts |
Crystal Cleaver: I 'slam' the tower on it and this disguises the box popping up
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stereo Inner circle France - Paris 1455 Posts |
For crystal pyramid just perform slowly and put a little square of foam in the box.
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cyberdave03 Loyal user 287 Posts |
From what I've read at Penquinmagic forums, you can add Mini morphosis to the list. They weren't too keen on it due to a clunking sound with the "move". (I don't have it, but I'm not sure a clunking sound gives away the trick).
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dragonash Veteran user the sticks 380 Posts |
I disagree about Mini Morphosis. The sound gives away when the magic happens, but not how. Why does it matter if people can hear the balls move?
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cyberdave03 Loyal user 287 Posts |
As I said in my post, I'm not certain the clunking sound would actually give away the trick in Mini-morphosis. On the other hand, I can see their point, as the desired effect of this trick is the magical transposition of 2 foam balls, so an audible clunking sound would certainly be out of place and might start spectators thinking on the path to discovery.
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cyberdave03 Loyal user 287 Posts |
Add Excalibur to the list. Killertweety wrote:
"Excalibur is a good trick when it works, however the noise gives it away and makes it hard to perform without giving away the secret." On a different forum, one person wrote (about a different trick), "this trick is afflicted with 'Tenyo noise'". |
stereo Inner circle France - Paris 1455 Posts |
In fact the mecanism do not make any sound in Excalibur, it's the coin sliding wich make noise.
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Killertweety Inner circle Belgium (-Europe) 1457 Posts |
The mechanism is moving the coins Stereo? There is no other 'mechanism' I think.
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Houdini103126 Elite user 407 Posts |
Often "dampening" materials (foam/grease) as Stereo mentioned can mute Tenyo noise.
There is always a trade-off to mass production and price point, I'm pretty sure Tenyo inventors knew more discriminating customers would take such "enhancement" measures into consideration and apply as needed. In other words, if someone wanted to make the trick more "presentable", magicians think alike, folks would be resourceful enough to mitigate any unpleasant artifacts from their tricks, such as noise. This being said, another fine line is not ruining the trick with alterations, or purchasing a "working" trick for performances. Interesting topic. |
J M Talbot Inner circle 3055 Posts |
I think what Stereo is saying is that in Excalibur there is no "mechanism" so to speak. One set of "c^%$s" is sliding while being replaced by another set of c&^%s. In my mind the sound in this effect is covered as the sword is "moving through the c#$%s" so some noise is expalainable.
John |
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