Routines

84 entries in Ring / Linking Rings / Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Chinese Rings
  • eight ring routine
  • twelve ring routine
Also published here 1876 Modern Magic 401
Noll Marcellin Der magische Blumenkranz a linking ring changes into spring flower ring
 		Dec. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12) 186
Unknown, Mademoiselle Patrice The Chinese Rings
Related toAlso published here 1902 The Modern Conjurer 241
Jean Hugard For Parlor or Club Presentation full routine
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 804
Jean Hugard Stage Presentation full routine
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 810
Victor Farelli Mr Farelli's Variation Using Two Large Rings false count & routine
 		1938 Greater Magic 818
Edward Victor The Chinese Rings - Author’s original method of presentation eight-ring routine,
“Two advantages in the method here described are:
(1) That each ring is examined by the audience as the effect proceeds, before it is linked on to another.
(2) That the first half of the effect is performed without making use of the “key” ring, thus permitting the handing out of every ring for examination at a point half way through the trick.”
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 56
Al Baker The Linking Rings The Baker Opening Routine and Some Novel Moves
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 244
Jean Hugard, J. Marsters Linking Ring Climax
  • rings are dropped to the floor (Hugard)
  • bowl formed with rings and flowers appear inside
 		July 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 2) 6
Greer Marechal Jr. Linking Rings four rings, and handkerchief through ring
 		1945 My Best 254
Eugene Laurant Chinese Linking Rings full routine
Also published here 1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 287
Herman L. Weber Emergency Routine two single rings, two linked rings
VariationsAlso published here 1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 306
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Seven - The Figures on figures with rings
  • The Cross
  • The Watch Chain
  • The Shamrock
  • The Seesaw
  • The Gyroscope
  • The Love Seat
  • Two and Two
  • The Hour Glass
  • The Swing
  • The Four-Leaf Clover
  • The Chair or Garden Seat
  • The Parlor Chair
  • The Easy Chair
  • The Butterfly
  • The Bicycle Rider
  • The Sun Glasses
  • The Box
  • The Mask
  • The Ball or Globe
  • The Rosebud
  • The Opening Rose
  • The Picture Frame, or The Shield, or The Diamond
  • The Ace of Clubs
  • The Chinese Gong
  • The Handbag
  • The Headdress
  • The Basket
  • The Stirrup
  • The Propeller
  • The Park Bench
  • The Hammock
  • Interwoven Chain or The Watch Fob
  • The Armchair
  • The Lantern
  • The Firebell or Alarm
  • Engine Govenor
 		1946 Rings In Your Fingers 78
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Eight - Ending the Routine on the ending of a Linking Rings routine
 		1946 Rings In Your Fingers 93
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Nine - Routine With Key Rings chapter intro on Linking Ring routine construction
 		1946 Rings In Your Fingers 95
Ellis Stanyon Stanyon's Routine twelve rings
Also published here
  • Stanyon's Magic, Jan. & Feb. 1913
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 97
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Robert-Houdin
Also published here
  • The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 99
Mademoiselle Patrice Mlle. Patrice Routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 100
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs Routine
Also published here
  • Sleight of Hand
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 100
Professor Hoffmann Professor Hoffmann's 8-Ring Routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 101
Professor Hoffmann Professor Hoffmann's 12-Ring Routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 101
Unknown A Simple Routine
1946 Rings In Your Fingers 102
Charles Waller Charles Waller Routine
Also published here
  • For Magicians Only
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 102
Harry Blackstone Blackstone Routine
Also published here
  • Secrets of Magic
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 103
Grant Stuart The Grant Stuart Routine
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1928
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 103
Eugene Laurant Eugene Laurant Routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 104
Jean Hugard Jean Hugard 8-Ring Routine full routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 105
Jean Hugard Jean Hugard 11-Ring Routine full routine
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 106
M. Odin The Odin Routine
Also published here
  • The Odin Rings, Victor Farelli
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 107
John Northern Hilliard The John Hilliard Routine
Also published here
  • Leaves From J. N. Hilliard's Notebook
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 108
Dariel Fitzkee The Oriental Rings
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Manipulation
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 110
Dariel Fitzkee Present Fitzkee Routine
1946 Rings In Your Fingers 111
Dariel Fitzkee The Fitzkee Five Ace Routine
Inspired by
  • Jack Miller's Linking Ring Routine
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 112
Dariel Fitzkee The Fitzkee Full House Routine
1946 Rings In Your Fingers 113
P. D. Wyman P. D. Wyman's Presentation
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, 1928
 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 114
Dariel Fitzkee Chapter Ten - Routines Without Using a Key Ring chapter intro
 		1946 Rings In Your Fingers 116
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Keyless Routine
1946 Rings In Your Fingers 116
Herman L. Weber Weber's Emergency Routine two single rings, two linked rings
Also published here 1946 Rings In Your Fingers 117
Dariel Fitzkee Fitzkee 7-Ring Keyless
1946 Rings In Your Fingers 118
Lewis Ganson "The Chinese Linking Rings" eight rings
  • The Drop Count
  • Joining the Rings
  • I Can - You Can't
  • The Long Chain
  • All in One
  • Dropping the Rings
Also published here 1950 Routined Manipulation — Part One 110
Edward Marlo Three Ring Routine key, single and large ring
 		1951 Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes 12
Karrell Fox Especially for "Dell" linking rings with bangles
 		1954 Kornfidentially Yours 32
Richard Williams Two Priceless Gags as Dick Williams
  • The Chinese Linking Ring Gag (presentation with spectators)
  • Popularity Contest Gag
 		1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 4
Herman L. Weber Linking Rings complete routine with nine rings and various moves
  • Wrist Count
  • Drop Count
  • Audience Routine
  • Collecting
  • Adding the Key Again
  • The Solo Linking
 		1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 25
Harold Thomas Thomas Tambo Rings Linking Rings with Tambo rings and newspaper
 		1968 Newspaper Magic 92
Horace E. Bennett Take Five linking ring routine, five rings
 		1968 Prize Winning Magic 35
Lewis Ganson, Dai Vernon Three Rings For Dai Vernon
1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 32
Fred Kaps Real Magic ring and silk penetration with key ring
Also published here 1972 Fred Kaps Lecture 5
Billy McComb The Five Rings of William brief
Also published here 1972 I Did It My Way 15
Billy McComb The Five Rings of William brief
Also published here 1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 171
J. "Rink" van Rinkhuyzen Drei Ring Melodie three ring routine, can end clean, sixteen phases
Also published here
  • The Gen
 Apr. 1974 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 4) 78
Faucett Ross, Dai Vernon The Linking Rings Based on The Symphony of the Rings
 		1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 142
Charles J. Maly The Chefalo Cross Form a cross with Linking Rings
 		1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 146
Ken Krenzel 4-Ring Routine two single ring and one pair of linked rings
Inspired by 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #5) 925
Patrick Page The Chinese Rings eight rings
 		1976 The Big Book of Magic 45
Rex Taylor Three Ring Routine three rings, 2.5 minutes
 		1977 Three Chinese Rings 9
Aldo Colombini Rings Supreme with three rings and a handkerchief
 		1978 Rings Supreme 7
John F. Mendoza The Ring Routine three rings
 		1978 The Book of John 128
Fred Kaps Real Magic ring and silk penetration with key ring
Also published here 1978 Fred Kaps Lecture 7
Slydini Slydini's Linking Rings
  • Requirements
  • Preparation
  • First Situation
  • The Other Situation
  • The Opening Phase
  • The First Link
  • The Second Link
  • An Unlinking
  • The Exchange
  • The Third Link
  • The Final Unlink
  • The Right Way
  • The Routine Continues
  • Unlinking the Rings
  • The Second to eleventh Figure
  • The Finale
 		1979 The Magical World of Slydini 83
Chris Capehart 3-Ring Routine
1981 New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 13) 1
Bill Wisch Two Ring Figures
  • Bunny
  • Olympic Symbol
 		1981 Wisches II 11
Stephen Tucker We '3' Rings linking rings meets Monkey Bar
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 3
Eugene Laurant Das Chinesische Ringspiel full routine
Also published here May 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 1) 15
Terry Seabrooke The Linking Rings comedy routine, ring links to jacket
 		1986 Seabrooke's Book 28
Fred Kaps Ring Through Silk with key ring
 		1986 It's So Simple 22
Shigeo Takagi New Era Linking Rings six rings
  • The First Link (A bluff link)
  • The Second Link (A bluff link and unlink)
  • The Third Link (A genuine link and unlink with the key ring)
  • The Fourth Link (Your two rings are exchanged with the spectator's which are then linked and unlinked)
  • The Fifth Link (A comedy link and unusual unlink)
  • The Sixth Link (The rings are linked and the spectator holding two linked rings is invited to stand beside you. You unlink your rings and, with your help, he unlinks his own rings)
  • The Seventh Link (The spectator is given two single rings. You hold the other two. You both link your rings together)
  • The Eighth Link (A chain of four rings is made)
  • The Ninth Link
  • The Tenth and Eleventh Links (The next two rings are joined with those already linked together)
  • The Climactic Long Chain
  • The Resolution
 		1990 The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi 106
Roger Klause The Chinese Quartet four rings, lead-in for Whit Haydn's routine, rhyming patter
 		1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 167
Mila Trnka Chinesische Quadrate using squares instead of rings
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992 Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2) 73
Mila Trnka Das Geheimnis der Fahrradschläuche linking rings with bicycle tubes
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992 Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2) 74
Chuck Fayne The Finger Ring Linking Rings finger ring is linked between two linking rings
 		1993 Something Old, Something New 17
Lewis Ganson Die Chinesischen Ringe eight rings
  • Das Fall-Abzählen
  • Das Verketten der Ringe
  • Ich kann es - Sie nicht
  • Die lange Kette
  • Alle in einem
  • Das Fallenlassen der Ringe
  • Anmerkungen
Also published here 2000 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4&5) 182
Roden Enlaces Simulados linking rings, with two and three normal rings, reel, with two and three rings
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 134
Harry Riser The Riser Rings three-ring routine, locking key ring
  • Phase One
    • The Inspection
    • The First Link
    • Spinning the Rings
    • The Jack Miller Unlink
    • Passing One Ring Through the Center of the Other
    • Jack Miller's Ring Through Arm
  • Phase Two
    • The Riser Twirl Display
    • A Ring Jumps from Arm to Arm
    • The Patterns
    • Unlinking the Chain
  • Phase Three
    • The Second Chain
    • The Butterfly
    • Rink's Penetration
    • The Illogical Unlink
    • The Shamrock Returns
    • The Ring in the Air
  • Fourth Phase
    • Vernon's Bookleaf Link
    • The Shamrock Variation
    • The Chains
    • The Final Unlinking
 		2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 176
Trevor Lewis Chinese Ring Routine
2009 Routines Matter 54
Patrick Page Those Blinking Rings linking rings gag
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 290
Arthur Dowler Dowler's Rings gag for linking rings, stooge
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 298
Jim Steinmeyer Rings for Kids
  • Conjuring
 		June 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6) 26
Hiroshi Sawa リンキング・リング・ファンタジー (The Linking Ring Fantasy) Linking Ring routine, five large stage rings, ends with appearing cane
 		2013 Magic of Dr. Sawa (澤浩の奇術) 115
Mike Caveney Linking Coat Hangers history and routine, hangers link to scissors and saw as well
 		2013 Wonders 117
Alan Shaxon Linking Rings five rings
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 128
Unknown The Iron Rings
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5) 75
Jim Steinmeyer Psychological Rings
  • Conjuring
with spectator on stage
 		Oct. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10) 44
Richard Wiseman, David Kaye The Linking Ring
  • Positive Magic for Kids
 		Jan. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1) 60