VI. TRICKS WITH COINS
There are numerous pieces of apparatus for the performance of coin tricks which are automatic in their working, but these do not come within the scope of this book. As Robert-Houdin says, “Cleverness at this sort of work is of the same order as that of the musician who produces a tune by turning the handle of a barrel organ. Such performers will never merit the title of skilled artists and can never hope to attain any real success.”
Even in the handling of such apparatus it is only the performer who has acquired skill in sleight of hand who can produce any real effect. The whole trend of modern magic is away from the use of apparatus specially designed to produce certain effects.
The magical entertainer of today must depend upon his skill with familiar articles of everyday use and his mental acuteness. There are, of course, secret accessories which are of invaluable assistance, but of these the spectators know nothing. These accessories, or gimmicks, will be explained in the course of the tricks in which they are used.
The experiments which follow depend entirely upon the performer’s mastery of the sleights already explained and upon his ability to present them in a convincing way.
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