Routines

94 entries in Ring / Linking Rings / Routines
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Mademoiselle Patrice The Chinese Rings
Also published here
Related to
 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"
  • The Addition of the Key Ring
  • 1. With the Key Ring, Regular Single Ring, and Small Ring
  • 2. With the Set of Three and a Regular Ring
  • 3. With Two Singles and the Key Ring
  • 4. With Two Single Rings
  • 5. To Apparently Link a Solid Single Ring on a Chain of Three
Also published here
 1941
Magical Ways and Means
110
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 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
6
Eugene Laurant Chinese Linking Rings full routine
Also published here
 1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
287
Herman L. Weber Emergency Routine two single rings, two linked rings
Also published here
Variations
 1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
306
Greer Marechal Jr. Linking Rings four rings, and handkerchief through ring
 		1945
My Best
254
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
Related to
 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
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
Variations
 1946
Rings In Your Fingers
117
Dariel Fitzkee Fitzkee 7-Ring Keyless
1946
Rings In Your Fingers
118
Jean Hugard The Linking Rings Stage Routine tips and sequences for stage routine, ten rings
  • 1. The Clash Linking
  • 2. The Unlinking Spin
  • 3. The One Hand Unlinking Spin
  • 4. The One Hand Unlinking in the Air
  • 5. The Throw in the Air and Linking into a Key
  • Showmanship
 		Mar. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 10)
399
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
James G. Thompson Jr. Just Passing Thru eight rings and a handkerchief used
 		1967
Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2
159
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
Harry Blackstone Blackstone's Chinese Linking Rings No. 392, multi-phase routine
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
107
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. 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
Jose Diaz, Fred Kaps En Torno a un Efecto de Fred Kaps on ring and silk penetration with key ring
Also published here
 Oct. 1977
Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 3 No. 34)
215
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
Tony 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
Jim Steinmeyer Linking Five Rings
  • Conjuring
 		May 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 9)
62
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
Al Baker The Linking Rings "The Baker Opening Routine and Some Novel Moves"
  • The Addition of the Key Ring
  • 1. With the Key Ring, Regular Single Ring, and Small Ring
  • 2. With the Set of Three and a Regular Ring
  • 3. With Two Singles and the Key Ring
  • 4. With Two Single Rings
  • 5. To Apparently Link a Solid Single Ring on a Chain of Three
Also published here
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
244
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
Patrick Martin The Olympic Rings figure design with five rings
Related to
 Aug. 2008
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 12)
66
Mark Elsdon Ninjutsu examined and marked rings, Ninja Rings handling
 		2008
The Meridian Technique
22
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
Jay Sankey Three Ring Circus linking ring routine with key rings
  • Fingertips Link
  • The Shake Unlink
  • Crash Link
  • The Blow Off
  • Another Ring
  • Chris Capehart's Finale
  • The Clean Up
Also published here
  • Three Ring Circus DVD, 2003
 2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3
1090
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
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
Dai Vernon Vernon Linking Ring Routine with details on opening count, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
113