“SWAMI GIMMICK” CORINDA STEP ONE 1N. CORINDA'S SERIES — “THIRTEEN STEPS TO MENTALISM” TANNEN MAGIC INC. 1540 Broadway, N.Y. 10036 NX.‘Copyright 1968 by Louls Tannen, N.¥.C. Cena in Canad ands at curs samen t the Bere Cosvenion ‘rights yoerd. No pa af hn ba, tnt or Hens, may be « teoeced in sy form wt he ween pein fhe pase ‘THIRD PRINTING PART TWO ow To Use Youn Swan Goo eats i Shaheen Rndise Buree STEP ONE in CORINDA’S SERIES THIRTEEN STEPS TO MENTALISM ” ‘THE “SWAMI GIMMICK" ‘CONTENTS PART ONE TYPES Brrr Prt oF Warins Gmc ‘TECHNIQUE Paani of Peco Shey WEEN Ho re Cnn fens em epimersDIFFERENT TYPES OF WRITERS rs eee ee sa oe nds ate ae ec eee ae os ge ee a ep ee Be rere es aLctereer sere peer coca ere te cary eee eu bee gas me ane ie al ot oe ae eee ey ag Soha ales gana ate 2 eee fhe thombrall or rt finget—at usualy thet. Cis a very small haunted om the Holder or clamp t bas a leading and inpportand {he type which i least ible, but, unfortunately, it also has spate pica a oe a cere Soro G hareeia ar ed my i pe at Be found practi "The las Cah bbe Ce pen and are common cled “the endl ort ara crt i ou comrade TRS ts Ges rhe hts ed: Be Ar Bile tea ile ge ate ea aoe Fe ta pl tse ea fe a ee ncaa Rina ak ato We te a ey erecta apatite eter ee ea se tan he eka Snot We ppamiey mut ikes daawing ent Seager 7 AEN rca te mtd ay, fea retin ane Mets totteh Sad ay by ere 4 4 aN its omo wings which projet gutwards from the main holder, and, Finnie ner the thumbaall fsk the gimmick. firmly en THe {seition af wings has toe large extent improved the old type of {Eimmick. "They spread the sro over wider gripping area of frumbnait andi eonseunce ci oat practialy tt unwanted ‘movement of We gimmick when in se.” Most = C” typer are signed to take new leads for refiling bot not al The Best are ‘ade of aut publ metal which allows you to bend the gmmick {ok your Gumbnal with exsctnes. They shouldbe fesh coloured ‘mae of dll metal~not because they are able to be seen by the audience, bul because they ill make you feel Rappier The "Type made in several sas allowing for both sort and wide nas. slo comes tn to" Types_of lead (reparding colour) {ve have the ordinary medumaon lead snd thet a rather exe fpecil cus with thick heay back lead which has, ar an adltional improvement, 4 machined tere rounded to give thik letters trnumbers ih use ‘The diBeulty with this ype it making new leads Described sb The Band Write. Tn reply to the question, "Do you use a Swami Gimmick" 1 fave reer the awe ca ny alae ahor 'S somewhat suring how many magicians and menalists are Unaware la teverl wer ext that do not ft onthe al at al ‘The Band Writer san sample. "Ths fa plable meal lp or band that fon te bal of te thumb or any foger-The band is designed to'lold sama tube inte which fits te len. This type sure form lead breakage in we i you do not take care. Ie would not be angerous if you were profisent The size Is much larger than moda already mentfones, but being Beth coloured as mt Be ‘Tis no more visible than a cammon thumbup. I des featre one tse! over the rest ofthe fay because of the clip arrangement, may be fied te all sorts of ed postions on the thumb and fingers, ‘Occasionally this ay be of uve ax we shal se. This ype best for fing on a toe to wet on cad in your shoe—as maybe done for severe good effec, and, Tunas i may seem, i guile eauy and ‘ery pratt. Band Writes rarely have facility Tor replacement of the dad and whiston this subject, be warned-—bever use a bande ‘woter that has the lead simply stack tothe ep. Examine ft and Be sure itis mounted ina tube whieh poesvvoug the lip holding same fey position, Described a5 the Overnail Write. This model isnot widely known, But has been in existence for shout seeny years Italy ma" C" Type pus a clamp whieh Sx Bmore look thea hho ethanol Sd. very firm in us ay it Yeatutes tree Wings ts supports, TWO. 0 sder the pall and ane comes out ver the top of fhe nail. It Fassia crawctack in that it sant be quickly ot into postion or removed without considerable force. “The leads can usualy replaced when exsuteds Described as an Adhesive writer” ‘This varity Invented by my. £004 frend Etie Mason and sold Under the name of" BOON is ater innovation inthe fly ot