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In addition to the usual, feats of contortion, Duffek adds a musical specialty. To be sine the music is widely unrelated to harmony but the freak performance of blowing a cornet while the musician was tying himself into complicated knots was a striking feat and won attention.
The finish is also striking. Duffek bent himself into a backward arch with a stage hand standing upon him, then balanced himself with hands lifted from the floor and got sounds out of a cornet more or less resembling a tune.
Duffek is a novelty in the freak class
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Variety 8:5 (08/31/1907)