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mooimimi New user 12 Posts |
I, right now, may have a chance to get a latex canary or dove at less price, but my question is - how can I actually use it, how do you use it and what do you think of it?
I'm a children's performer. The specific latex animals are those: http://tannensmagic.corecommerce.com/Dov......ary.html http://tannensmagic.corecommerce.com/Dov......ove.html |
Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
If you do not have a purpose for something you want to buy, then it is not a 'deal'. There is no use for either of these items if you do not have tricks that use birds. So spend your money on something that you will actually use.
The canary I have seen at magic conventions, it is very very small, like maybe 2 inches long. It is usually used for the Vanishing Bird Cage in place of a real Canary. Even though real Canaries are larger then the latex model. As for the latex Dove, I have several and do not use them any longer as I no longer use doves. They are meant to be a switch item to be used in a prop that cannot be used for a real Dove. Some magicians like the famous Fielding West, use a very old gag with the Dove. They fake produce it from a silk, and then roll it ups as a gag for a laugh. I have seen a very good dove to silk trick, all sleight of hand that looked very good in the right hands. It means cutting the dove and attaching a silk to the slit. Then a lot of practice. Latex will not last forever, it has to be kept in a tightly sealed plastic bag, in darkness. It is best if you can put in a container in the freezer as well. Then give it day to thaw out before using. It will crack while frozen. So handle carefully. Do not let the latex be stored with silk or material. The material will extract the oil from the latex and dry it out, and it will become hard and useless. |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
If you think that you can use a PROP DOVE or canary)without first having produced a live one, you will be disappointed.
I used doves for almost 30 years on the road. They flapped their wings--even flew in a circle around me. My two doves "gave me" 8 solid minutes of laughs and entertainment in my 45 minute school show. In the last 5 years that I had doves in the show, I did add one prop bird. The only reason that the audience "bought" the third bird, was that they had already seen two birds. Unless you are willing , and able, to keep doves, you will be wasting your money if you spend it on a prop bird (no matter how cheap). So, to answer, specifically, your questions: 1. You CAN, but SHOULDN'T. 2. I used mine in a Gen Grant transposition. 3. I already answered that. Note: When I cut the birds from the show, I missed them. The audience didn't, because they had never seen them. I replaced them with 2 good strong tricks.
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Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4849 Posts |
In my opinion, the best imitation dove is the NOrm Nielson rubber dove however, even as good as that is, as Dick said, you must use a ive dove first. You have to create the illusion first.
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Julie Inner circle 3936 Posts |
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On Apr 19, 2015, Dave Scribner wrote: ----------------------------------------------------- A little off-topic, but I remember "Dr. Carlo's Rubber Dove" that Abbott's supplied with the original Dovan apparatus years ago. A good item. When I had occasion to buy a replacement Dovan in later years the rubber dove supplied was terrible! Julie |
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