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Irish_matt Loyal user St.Louis, MO 204 Posts 
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Does anyone know if video exists of this levitation. John Gaughan presented it a few years ago at the history conference.
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top_illusionist Regular user USA 146 Posts
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Irish_matt, I have good news for you.
Here is the link to the video of this levitation performed by Doug Henning .. http://www.themagicdetective.com/2012/08......ion.html and here is the article on John Gaughan .. https://theaddiechronicals.wordpress.com......he-moon/ |
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Irish_matt Loyal user St.Louis, MO 204 Posts
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Thanks for your help.
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Ray Pierce Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2604 Posts
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Matt, I was the Tech Director for the Conference when John presented this effect with Tina and saw it many times from every angle. Although I know he has footage of it, I'm not sure any other video of it exists.
Ray Pierce
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Irish_matt Loyal user St.Louis, MO 204 Posts
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I've only seen a few photos of the performance but have no doubt it was quite spectacular. Thanks for your input, Ray.
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FrankFindley Inner circle 1040 Posts
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I love the silk/ribbon tied hoops used in Astarte, Carmo's, etc.
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Irish_matt Loyal user St.Louis, MO 204 Posts
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I found Jeffrey Atkins "Carmo's Mummy" performed on the Paul Daniels show. Not the smoothest of versions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqxmXzO6......x=2&t=0s |
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tommy ng Veteran user USA,Oregon 387 Posts
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Blair Marshall Inner circle Montreal, Canada 3661 Posts
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WOW....thank-you Tommy!
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts
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John Calvert used this in early shows. The police closed him down once. His floating piano was based on it. The illusion used Small aircraft wheels. I got a look at the crane in Memphis when one of the travelers stuck open. It MAY be on the tape "John Calvert's Tribute to Houdini" although the show was advertised as "Dick Willum's Tribute to Houdini".
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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hugmagic Inner circle 7665 Posts
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Calvert did the floating organ even in his later shows. Lee Grabiel did the floating piano.
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts
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On Apr 23, 2021, hugmagic wrote: Calvert did "Lady Godiva", over the crowd, in his early shows, the authentic costume was what Fran Ireland didn't like. Calvert would get closed down on opening night, then sell out the week. Of course, everything was patched with the police in advance. People used to be smart.
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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Jonah_Illusionist_use.jpg "View Profile") New user Saint George, Utah 23 Posts
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Does anyone have anymore information on this illusion? are there any books that talk about this? does someone own the rights to it? I couldn't seem to turn up anything.
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collective foundry Inner circle 1404 Posts
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I believe the patent and drawings are out there online. I stumbled on them once but don’t remember where.
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Ray Pierce Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2604 Posts
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After seeing it many times the machining and mechanics would require a level of skill that is virtually unknown today. That might be the reason that John Gaughan was one of the few willing to tackle bringing it back to life.
Ray Pierce
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Jonah_Illusionist New user Saint George, Utah 23 Posts
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I was able to find the patents after searching for a bit, I found the links to them on the Magicpedia website.
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Dougini Inner circle The Beautiful State Of Maine 7130 Posts
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On May 4, 2021, Ray Pierce wrote: John Gaughan is a MASTER builder! He was the genius behind taking Peter Foy's Track-On-Track system and converting it to D.C.'s Flying! Foy is famous for creating the Peter Pan illusion. Doug |
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ringmaster Inner circle Memphis, Down in Dixie 1974 Posts
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Doug Henning told Mary Martin that he did not use the Foy system.
https://www.pinterest.se/pin/200691727130701114/
One of the last living 10-in-one performers. I wanted to be in show business the worst way, and that was it.
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Ray Pierce Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2604 Posts
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On May 7, 2021, ringmaster wrote: I’m not sure where Doug fit in. The Astarte is totally different than any Foy system that has ever existed. As far as David’s “flying” is concerned, I’m really not sure that Foy’s track on track compensator system had any actual inspiration for John’s design for “Flying” outside of it also being a multi axis rig.
Ray Pierce
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