141 entries in Lapping Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To consume (or rather to conveie) one or manie balles into nothing lapping ball after false transfer for complete vanish
1584 183
How to make a stone seeme to vanish out of your hand lapping the stone while asking a question
1634 18
Henri Decremps Deux moyens différens, l'un ancien, l'autre nouveau, de le faire lier les pouces, & de se délier en un instant. "Métamorphose d'un verre en morceaux de papier. Réflexions sur les fausses théories. Prétention absurde. Preuve captieuse de cette prétention." (title continued) more tricks by Pilferer, two methods for thumb tie and a glass is thrown into the air where it changes into confetti / pieces of cards, seated, thoughts about vanishing an object by throwing it into the air and the advantages of using confetti
1785 18
Eddie Joseph The Slide Vanish ball dumped into left fingers below table edge
1942 21
Scoop Lapping basic technique explained as a vanish, scoop-lapping coin off table and pretending to place into other hand, much detail about naturalness, three tricks using the move
  • I. Coin vanishes and appears under/in object
  • II. T&R napkin
  • III. One object transformed into another
1944 35
John Mulholland I. Coin Vanish and Reappearance coin vanishes and reappears under a saltshaker, ashtray, in a sugar bowl or someone’s pocket, uses extra coin, see p. 43 for standing alternative
1944 40
John Mulholland II. Torn and Restored Napkin T&R napkin, balled-up torn napkin is lapped and full one is already in other hand, see p. 43 for standing alternative
1944 41
John Mulholland III. Transformation lapping used for transformation, “an olive can be transformed into a lump of sugar, a piece of paper can be changed into a potato chip, a blank domino can be turned into a double six”
1944 43
John Mulholland Lapping Alternative When Standing
  • for coin vanish: scoop-ditching a coin off a plate so it falls behind it
  • for T&R napkin: scoop-ditching torn napkin behind book on table
1944 43
The Table Sweep
1947 2
Tony Slydini The Art of Using the Lap as a Servante
Also published here 1954
Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
162
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application
Also published here 1954
Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
163
Eddie Joseph What the "Extempore" Dinner Magician Ought to Know on lapping
  • letting objects fall through the legs on chair and covering them with legs
  • catching object between legs and standing up, retaining object
1954 2
Tony Slydini Lapping Vanish with sponge ball
1957 19
Tony Corinda (8) The Billet Switch (by lapping)
1959 178
Tony Slydini The Art of Using the Lap as a Servante - Part One - Position and Timing
Also published here 1960 21
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application, see also next item
1960 23
Tony Slydini The Art of Using the Lap as a Servante - Part Two - Misdirection
1960 31
Tony Slydini The Art of using the Lap as a Servante with notes by Slydini
Also published here 1966 13
Tony Slydini Vanish of Paper Ball as lapping application
Also published here 1966 14
Tony Slydini Imp-Pass detailed
  • Slydini "Touches"
Variations 1966 25
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish
1966 31
Tony Slydini One Coin Routine many phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration
  • Slydini "Touches"
VariationsAlso published here 1966 35
Tony Slydini Imp Pass Addition cards from lap imp-passed into Tenkai palm, then added to tabled packet
1966 50
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
Also published here 1966 95
Lewis Ganson Ganson's Cushion cushion for easier placement and pick up of object in routines, where lapping is involved
1967 223
Roger Crosthwaite The Hindu Needles based on Hans Trixer's version in "Pentagram", needles threaded in hand instead of mouth
1967 253
Albert Goshman Purse Switch seated
1968 3
Jens Korth Roulette chips penetrates table, chink a chink with one jumbo card, color change, shells
1969 268
Jerry Mentzer Commentary on the performance of close-up magic, lapping possibilities, gaffed objects
1973 3
Kevin Fox We'll Ring You after the deck is removed from the case a die is tipped out, a coin appears under a card,the back of the card changes color, then the die and the coin vanish
May 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 9)
101
Scotty York Fake Wand-Spin Vanish
1975 7
Scotty York A Ring Trilogy two ring on string phases, then ring penetrates finger and is linked to safety pin, slit ring
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1975 21
El Fakir Tragacuchillos swallowing a knife
1975 25
Tony Slydini Basic Precepts
  • Slydini's Secret of Entertaining Audiences
  • The Basic Starting Position (for lapping tricks)
  • The Eyes
  • Notes on Natural Magic
  • Developing Grace
  • Coordination
  • Noise
  • Some General Observations
  • To Conclude
1976 11
Tony Slydini The Sweep Technique
1976 21
Tony Slydini Coordination - An Example retrieving a ring (or object) from behind cigarette case on table (not really lapping related)
1976 29
Tony Slydini Misdirection vanish of object using lap
1976 34
Tony Slydini The Retrieval retrieving object from lap
1976 35
Tony Slydini The Handling of the Misdirection Vanish
1976 36
Tony Slydini Miniature Misdirection vanish using lap
1976 36
Tony Slydini Timing - A Simple Routine vanish using lap
1976 39
Tony Slydini Producing the Ball by Timing from lap
1976 40
Tony Slydini The Revolve vanish using lap
  • Details of The Revolve
  • Checkpoints
1976 41
Tony Slydini The Imp Pass
1976 43
Tony Slydini First Routine packet of matches vanishes and is reproduced via imp pass, any object possible
1976 45
Tony Slydini One Coin Routine eleven phases, featuring lapping vanishes, retrievals, hand penetration
Related toAlso published here 1976 70
Tony Slydini The Slydini Switch table edge
Related to 1976 105
Al Mann Metal-Kinesis spoon bends under handkerchief, Dick Van Brummer's "The Solid Ghost"
1976 9
Rick Johnsson, Ellison Poland Penny --- For His Thoughts more ideas with the IBGTH Switch, with bills, paper clips, billets, dice, coins, sponge balls, combs, business cards
1976 52
Rick Johnsson Raisin' Rabbits sponge rabbit vanishes and only leaves some dung in form of raisins
Related to 1976 75
Rick Johnsson You Bet Your Aspirin string in small aspirin box restores
1976 79
Larry Jennings Imp Pass Handling
1977 15
Harry Lorayne Magic Breath torn and restored napkin, lap switch
1977 289
Karl Fulves Notes on Slydini, stand-up lapping on a chair
1978 1132
John F. Mendoza, Tony Slydini One-Handed Imp Pass retrieving a coin into hand
1978 56
Philip T. Goldstein Skyward two sets of four business cards with numbers are found to be in same order, propelled-lapping
1978
Magick (Issue 212)
1059
Edward Marlo The Marlo Actions kind of reverse of Slydini's "Imp Pass"
1979 261
Tony Slydini The Slydini Switch II
Related to 1979 31
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
Also published here 1979 45
Tony Slydini Remote Lapping coin lapped with coin forward on table and not near edge
1979 49
Steve Beam Eyeglasses glass vanishes, and is produced from eye
1979 78
Haruhito Hirata The Hirata Master Move coin is brought down on table and vanishes
Related toVariations 1980 20
Gary Ouellet The Whoops Move vanish of a ball
1980 28
Stephen Minch Scoop Switch one of four rune sticks at table edge
1980 5
Shigeo Takagi Lapping Move small ball, solid cup
1980 2
David Roth Frontal Imp Pass
1981 18
Card Switch on the table, lap
1981 4
Gary Ouellet The Ouellet Switch
Variations 1981 16
Norman van Tubergen Cube Power rubik's cube solves under cover, without touching, sound of moving cube can be heared
1981
Magick (Issue 295)
1473
Camilo Vázquez Transformation of Jeton similar to Ross Bertram's Rubdown, as a transformation of to square casino chips
1981 5
Edward Marlo The Imp Load
1982 117
Meir Yedid Glass Through the Table
Inspired by 1982 129
Cup Lapping Switch cup for napkin
1983 10
Gary Ouellet Swindle Ring ring vanishes from string and appears on finger, seated
  • The Rear Shift Lap
1983 16
Tony Slydini Imp Pass brief
Aug. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 8)
952
Vic Trabucco Using the Hand as a Servante
1984 110
Peter Samelson Thimble Imp Pass table edge transfer with thimble
Inspired byRelated to 1984 23
Tony Slydini, Gerald Deutsch Timing Principle Lap
1985 555
Danny Korem, Tony Slydini Revolving Imp table edge switch, combination of Slydini's Imp Pass & Revolve Vanish
1985 27
Albert Goshman Card in Purse credit information, signed card vanishes and reappears in coin purse.
Inspired byAlso published here 1985 111
Albert Goshman Purse Switch seated
1985 114
Glass Lap covered glass transferred from table
1985 121
Albert Goshman A.G. Bowl Routine sponge balls vanish and appear under bowl, bagel appears under bowl, coin appears under bagel.
1985 123
Bagel Load bagel load to bowl
1985 126
Ben Harris Ring-O-Go-Go finger ring in fist vanishes
1985 109
Tony Slydini Slydini Switch II using card cases
1986 30
Ron Wilson The Color-Changing Silk close-up and stage version
Also published here 1987 37
Juan Tamariz, Tony Slydini Extended Imp Pass
Related to 1988 70
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
1988 54
Gary Ouellet Lapping Plus Technique
1990 324
Harry Anderson The Chicken and the Egg producing a chicken food and an egg, turning egg into fried egg
1993 24
Alexander de Cova Thumb Tip Handling á la Slydini table edge, showing hands empty
Related toAlso published here 1994 138
Paul Gertner Tips on Lapping
1994 41
John Scarne Imp Pass Handling directly into right hand classic palm
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
92
David Acer The Spice Rack salt shaker is stretched, lapping switch
Inspired by 1995 58
Tony Slydini Slydini Action Coordination brief
1995 ca. 5
Screened Lapping under cover of arm
1995 ca. 20
Gary Kurtz Notes on Angles lapping surrounded
1995 ca. 24
Paul Harris Laws of Lapping jokes
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Misc. Pieces of Paul)
261
Michael Skinner Taking Our Lumps applications for sticking things behind table edge: broken and restored match, dice transformation (to sugar)
1996 16
Goutam Guha Basic Move 4 removing shell from ring, on table, lapping
1996 6
Tony Slydini Imp-Pass
1997 21
Howard Hale Der Lap-It bag to be placed over legs under table for storing props and lapping
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
152
Baltazar Fuentes Fuentes Under the Table Transfer (FUTTT) Move Imp Pass variation
Related to 1999 51
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
Dec. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 12)
53
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish here with torn card pieces
2000 48
Barry Price The Plate From Nowhere - The Expanded Imp Pass plate appears on table
2000 31
Tony Slydini Put-And-Take Theory on ditching things
2001 20
Edward Marlo, Wesley James Propelled Lapping Switch
2004 216
Alexander de Cova Thumbtip Table Load table edge, showing hands empty
Also published here 2004 22
Robert Byrne Impossible Coins Thru Table one coin in each hand above table, chosen coin penetrates table
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
17
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
17
Curtis Kam Standing Lap one arm under table
2006 14
Marc Gettmann Imp Pass Handling
2006 17
Gabi Pareras Torniquete y desaparición seated vanish of ball, à la Slydini one coin
2008 ca. 24
Tony Slydini, Miguel Ángel Gea Imp Pass
2009 45
Miguel Ángel Gea Imp-pass por lanzamiento coin is thrown
2009 89
Tony Slydini, Jörg Alexander Weber Imp Pass Handling
2011 45
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish
Oct. 2012 15
Tony Slydini Imp-Pass
2013 27
Tony Slydini Imp-Pass With cards
2013 112
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
2013 231
Ricky Smith The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante when sitting, also without table
Also published here 2015 35
Dani DaOrtiz The Gun lapping technique, here to make a card vanish from the hand
May 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 5)
39
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish
2015 58
Alexander de Cova Lapping-Servante cloth back to keep on legs between the knees
  • Wie man die Servante in Position bringt
  • Das Prinzip der Servante
  • Das Lappen mehrerer Münzen
  • Clean-up
2015 224
Alexander de Cova Erscheinendes Kartenspiel deck appears spread on table, imp pass
Inspired by 2016 96
Alexander de Cova Slydini Thumbtip Handling table edge, showing hands empty
Also published here 2016 207
Alexander de Cova Ein Tuchverschwinden am Tisch silk vanish at table, lapping thumb tip
2016 209
Tony Slydini Imp Pass
2017 218
Alexander de Cova, Juan Tamariz Die Tamariz-Technik for bringing glass to table edge to drop coin in
Related to 2018 170
Alexander de Cova Meine Lösung all coins penetrate upwards as finale of coins through table routine, with glass and imp pass handling
2018 178
Lorenz Schär Clap-Lap two coins slapped together, one vanishes, also to switch coins with other objects
2019 145
Roberto Mansilla Bolas de Esponja thorough spongeball routine, two balls with different color appear from purse frame, travel from hand to hand and vanish back in frame
  • Aparición de dos bolas
  • Ten Count
  • Sin la Cuenta
  • Interceptada
  • En la Mano del Espectador
  • A Guardar, A Guardar
Related to 2019 53
Steve Forte Leg Padding to avoid things falling through the legs
2020 548
Imp Pass
2020 387
Bruce Bernstein The Bernstein Utility Switch "A Tribute to Slydini", as card on table is slid off and turned over
2021 153
Gordon Bruce Card Through Handkerchief using imp pass, from 1974 lecture
2022 107
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card to bill card is lapped as bill is brought into view from behind table
2022 221
Ricky Smith The Art of Using the Coat as a Servante when sitting, also without table
Also published here 2023 43