[1] The magician of the court of Louis XVI and then under the Directoire and First Empire, author of the Physical Amusements (1784), helped expand the art of magic and also created new effects.

His predecessors performed with brass and tin gadgets, while Pinetti's was made of gold and silver.

[2] In his cabinet of curiosities, he claimed his tricks where based on controlled principles and presented them as scientific experiments.

[2] Professor Pinetti performed frequently in his theatre des Menus Plaisirs du Roi, in the suburbs of Paris.

He had silk curtains around the stage, tables painted gold, and two crystal chandeliers hanging from above.

Professor Pinetti was riding this crest of fame until in early March 1784, a book was published revealing all of his experiments as mere tricks.

This was not the expose that Decremps wrote, but an instruction book teaching how to “amuse a company.” Then he went to the providences and rehearsed a new program.

[2] While in London (from September 1784 and February 1785) he harshly rivalled with another well-known conjurer, Philip Breslaw.

[3] He returned to Paris, but his tour was shortened when another book was published by Decremps showing the new tricks of Pinetti's.

He told a fantastical story about his mentor Torrini, a/k/a Count Edmond de Grisy confrontation with Pinetti.

He claimed that Pinetti was jealous of the newcomer de Grisy and arranged a performance to sabotage him.

While performing in Prussia, he arrived in the capital city of Berlin in a coach drawn by four white horses.

[2] When Frederick the Great saw this he was so angry he ordered Pinetti to leave Berlin within twenty-four hours.

The Czar was so impressed by Pinetti's experiments that he gave the Professor a large ring and a diamond-studded medallion.