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Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer Now Performing In Memoriam Ernest Earick by Eric Evans Lost Horizons Purple Prose by Max Maven The Chamber of Secrets Conradi’s Original
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Fingertip Aces by Jack Carpenter, Described by Andi Gladwin Three, the Magic Number by Damian Jennings, Described by Ian Kendall Bottom Palm Replacement by Gabe Fajuri, Described by Ian Kendall 38 Tokyo Workshop Sympatico Silks by Kazu Katayama Described by Jon Racherbaumer
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97 The Complete Walton, Vols. 1 and 2 by Roy Walton
99 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
99 The Herrmann Pass by Jason England and Out of My Mind by Bedros “Spidey” Akkelian 100 Carney 2013: Exclusive Secrets: “8 to 12”; “Four Gone” by John Carney 100 Miracles of the Mind: Volumes 1 and 2 by T. A. Waters 101 The Logical Disconnect by Bob Cassidy 101 The Experiment by Franz Harary
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interviewing Imam in the fall of 2012. I sent photographers Don Camp (for the cover shot) and Katie Markquart (for the shots of Imam explaining his “Balls from Mouth”) out in October and November. All of this, I hoped, would produce an article that has long been overdue: Imam is one of the most under-rated magicians in the United States, and I know seeing the cover story would have pleased him greatly. “Besides,” he told me, “every time you write a story about me I will give you another trick.” Sadly … most sadly … Imam died of a heart attack in late December while visiting relatives in his home country of India. So, he will not see this month’s cover story, and it is a memorial rather than a celebration. What a magician he was, and one of the few regrets I have about last year’s Genii Bash was not hiring Imam to do what only he could have done, perform as only he could perform. There is, genuinely, no one else who could do it exactly the way he did. He was a transgressive performer, not afraid to make the audience uncomfortable, and he had no problem playing on the racial attitudes of those watching. All of this he transformed into something wonderful. The digital edition of this month’s issue contains a video of Imam performing his “Balls from Mouth” at his nightclub Mostly Magic, shot for Japanese television, and provided by Gary Plants. Max Maven can be seen sitting on the right, and the female Japanese TV host on the left. At one point, she is literally hiding behind her chair. When Imam would produce an enormous ball from his guts, he leaned toward the spectator while the saliva-coated ball was protruding from his mouth—an aggressive movement that inevitably brought laughs and screams. He did this four times in a row, each production more unbelievable than the one before. And then he smiled and bowed his head a bit in acknowledgement as the audience cheered. Everyone who saw Imam perform, layman or magician, knew it was something special. Prakash’s interview with Imam is insightful and memorable—a fitting tribute to his fascinating life that also passes along profound thoughts on magic and performance. Imam’s standup version of his famous “Balls from Mouth” is explained afterward. Now it’s your turn to learn, and be a performer your audience will never forget. And now we turn the globe and land in South America, where Dolly Kent combines magic and … burlesque. Unlike most of the semi-clad women who do magic, who are not really magicians, Dolly is a FISM-competing manipulator and also performs illusions, aerial acrobatics, and fire-eating. She’s the real deal, and rather straight forward about it all. Read the article on p.84 and watch the videos in our digital edition. • With “Magic Man Examiner 10
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Vault” and “Conjuring” taking an issue off, we are pleased to introduce you to the newest member of the Genii family, Caleb Wiles. His column “Ringside” debuts this issue with an amazing feat of mental magic for standup performers that I think you’ll enjoy. • Tom Stone returns after a brief hiatus with a dazzling, and I mean butt-kicking, finger-licking clean version of Larry Jennings’ “Invisible Palm Aces” in his new “Lodestones” column. The trick is “Dr. Griffin’s Palm”; the effect is that four Aces travel invisibly and gather one by one on the table. Only four cards are used. Only Tom Stone could create something this clever. Read it on p.46 and watch the video in our digital edition. • Max Maven, recently back from Tokyo and Taipei, delivers a new “Lost Horizons” in which he purports to teach a booktest, but I believe he is secretly doing remote equivoque on you while you are reading Genii. • Rube Goldberg’s timeless character, Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, created many round-about ways of accomplishing seemingly straightforward tasks, however I think Conradi has him beat, as you’ll see in this month’s “Chamber of Secrets,” where John Gaughan displays one heck of a crazy billiard ball stand/device/acrobatic-thingy. There’s a clever mechanism hidden in there! • Our trio of “Magicana” writers is back with four items this month: Andi Gladwin explains a lovely Ace Revelation by the late Jack Parker which, interestingly, contains an in-the-hands Zarrow Shuffle done from two one-hand fans; Ian Kendall describes a fine “Coins Across” routine from the recently married, yet still goat-like, Damian Jennings, as well as a great replacement for a Bottom-Palmed Card by Gabe Fajuri; Jon Racherbaumer brings you the second installment of “Tokyo Workshop” and describes a terrific version of the “Sympathetic Silks” by Kazu Katayama. • Then, Mr. Racherbaumer reveals that the future of magic lies in gozagabytes of information in “On the Slant”—and don’t neglect to listen to his audio supplement in the digital edition, where he teaches a trick this month. • I’m sorry to announce that David Oliver’s precarious health situation has forced him to withdraw as one of our trick reviewers. A professional magician, David has brought great insight into his reviews for over a decade. He needs a double lung transplant due to the disease he contracted from working with his doves, so let’s wish him the best of luck. Danny Orleans and David Regal will continue as trick reviewers, and we will hopefully be adding a third person shortly. In the meantime, this month Danny Orleans reviews tricks, Dustin Stinett videos, and John Lovick tackles two books— the new editions of The Complete Walton, Vols. 1 and 2. They don’t come much better than that. British magician Bob Ostin died recently at age 83. He was a creative man whose famous tricks were published in many periodicals. Perhaps his most well-known item was his
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superlative trick with a pair of matchboxes whose drawers seemed to have a ghostly attachment. I’ve got to hop on a plane to London in a few hours, so with these words from Genii’s founder William Larsen, Sr., I say, “And so I leave you, until I am once more called from the lamp to discourse on things magical.” Nick Lewin remembers Peter Reveen: Peter James Reveen, October 8, 1935 to April 8 2013—A master magician, hypnotist, showman, family man, humanitarian and friend to all, whose life was one of the most fascinating stories in show business history. Reveen will be sorely missed by his friends all around the world, from Lance Burton whose career he so skillfully managed, to the magic hobbyist he befriended at a magic convention. The impact that Peter Reveen created in people’s lives is quite an amazing phenomena. The Celebration of LifeMemorial Service that was held for Peter on May 18 brought together a large group of people whose lives had been changed and improved by their contact with this master showman. Reveen had the capacity, and heart, to make everyone feel special—it was always personal with Peter. The celebration was lovingly organized by Bill Smith and took place at the Desert Willow Golf Course/Sun City in Henderson, Nevada. Bill began his long friendship and association with Peter when he traveled to Sacramento with fellow Long Beach Mystics Les Arnold and Stan Allen in 1974 to watch him perform. Bill went on to build many of Peter’s classic illusions, including creating a giant hockey puck for Reveen to levitate during a Canadian tour. It must have brought the house down! Tyrone Reveen acted as MC for the event and introduced the stream of people who were there to pay tribute and homage to his father. The Reveen heritage has landed in safe hands, after memorizing the nearly three-hour hypnosis show that his dad made a legend around the world, Tyrone and his beautiful daughter Morea are now bringing it to a whole new generation. How proud it must make Coral to know that the Superconscious Experience is still continuing in the hands of the Reveen family. The ceremony began with a short prayer by Pastor Terry, then after a video overview of Reveen through the ages, came a series of heartfelt speeches. The speakers paying tribute to Peter included Bill Smith, Tommy Lang, Dante Larsen, Ralph Craig, Anthony Cools, Bob Brown, Charlie Frye, Amazing Johnathan, Diana Zimmerman, Bob Curtola, and Jeff McBride. Each had a story to tell about the friendship and inspiration that Peter had extended to them. Several were very open in expressing their belief that Peter had quite literally saved their lives. The tribute began with Geary Rindels reading a message from television legend Chris Bearde and also included video messages from Jeff Hobson and Fielding West.
There were two songs rendered to great reaction by cantor Phil Goldstein. Cantor Goldstein assured us that his real name was Max Maven! The occasion was also used for John McClenahan from the I.B.M. Fantasma Ring 257 to perform a simple and moving Broken Wand ceremony. Always supportive of magic, Peter was a member of the I.B.M., S.A.M., Magic Circle, and Magic Castle. Also, he was an avid Mason, Shriner, and member of the Variety Club.
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The Las Vegas magic scene was represented by some of the finest talent in the industry including Lance Burton, Siegfried Fischbacher, Stan and Rhonda Allen, Norm and Lupe Nielsen, Johnny and Pam Thompson, Mr. Tihany, Bob Rossi, Luna Shimada, Mike Douglas, Mac King, Sonny Fontana, James Dimmare, Jason Byrne, Juliana Chen, Ariann Black, Jason Andrews, Winston O’Rourke, Paul Stone, Gabrielle Lyster, Tyler and Mistie Knight, and a host of others. Bob Brown and Jay Alexander flew in from Sacramento and San Francisco respectively for the celebration. The long and warm relationship between Reveen and The Magic Castle was very apparent with Irene, Erika, Dante, and Liberty Larsen all present for the occasion. There were many entertaining stories about the tight bond between Peter and Castle founder Bill Larsen, Jr. Many of us first met Peter through The Magic Castle. Approximately 300 people attended the celebration and were seated at tables of 10. Wine, beer, and a delicious buffet were served to all present and the event closed with a series of long streamers fired over the audience. The streamers were a nice touch that would have delighted the master showman himself. Attending the event, were Peter’s wife and partner of 54 years Coral, and their four sons Wayne, Tyrone, Calvin, and Peter, Jr. and daughtersin-law Lisa Marie and Cathy. Reveen’s six grandchildren Alexander, Morea, Carson, Candace, Cody, and Taj were in attendance. Morea and Taj each gave heartfelt speeches expressing their love and devotion to their grandfather. • JULY 2013
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lifting,” highlighting books that seem far removed from what aspiring, perspiring, and conspiring magicians are seeking to know. At the same time it’s obvious that our formerly insular culture is less insular these days. We are no longer isolated and detached from a dominant culture wherein influence and immersion are powerful and concentrated. To that extent we are also at the mercy of forces that are and will dramatically affect our future status and— dare we say?—survival. If part of our pretentiousness as magicians includes our powers of introspection, we should strive to be ahead of the curve, to be on top of things. We should know the score. Why not? We not only have iPhones, we do tricks with them, and if we owned robots, they would perform versions of “ACAAN” and read minds. We also have representatives such as Marco Tempest who are masters of technology. Marco not only corroborates Arthur C. Clarke’s famous assertion, he playfully shows just how magical technology can be when in the right hands. Since this is the case, why shouldn’t we know something about the possibilities and consequences of technologies currently affecting the magic world? With that begging the question, let me toot a bit: Jaron Lanier’s 396-page manifesto Who Owns the Future? asks-and-answers the leading question its title poses. At this point you may be wondering, “Who the heck is Jaron Lanier?” The succinct answer is this: He is the godfather of virtual reality, who, despite his imposing, dreadlocked countenance, is an influential computer scientist and musician. Along with his pals, he co-created start-ups that are now part of Google, Oracle, and Adobe. He also currently does research at Microsoft. Many of you will find this book gnarly, crabbed, and sprawling. For me, it was spaciously investigative and entertainingly contrarian, introducing new terms such as “Siren Servers.” The various assays have alluring titles: “The Robotic Bedpan,” “Three Nerds Walk Into a Bar,” “Imaginary Landscapes in the Cloud,” “Make Others Pay for Entropy,” “Carbon Copies Ruin Carbon Credits,” and “The Tease of the Tease.” Other readers at first may be dazzled and overwhelmed, then fascinated and stimulated. The Economist (not known to recklessly heap lavish praise on books like this) wrote: “This is simply one of the best new books out in 2013. Lanier’s latest work shows his extraordinary knack at envisioning a future thoroughly and his ability to imagine creatively and bravely. This book will appeal to intellectuals, creative professionals, students, technologists, economists, policy makers, entrepreneurs and investors looking for new opportunities. Steve Jobs
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
said the most interesting opportunities emerge at the intersection of humanities and technology. Jaron Lanier stands at that famous intersection and beckons us on.” Another reviewer wrote this: “Lanier paints a view that’s believable yet chilling. Like a skilled science fiction writer and a shrewd economic analyst, he forecasts a future in which we continue to reorganize our world around digital networks. Software-powered productivity improvements continue to penetrate industries like manufacturing, transportation, health-care, and education. Human cab and truck drivers are replaced by software programs, 3D printing grows virally and starts to produce manufactured goods, Wal-Mart goes bankrupt, automated heavy equipment finds and mines natural resources, and robot nurses handle care for the elderly.” Should we add with disconsolate resignation, “… and magicians will be replaced by no one, consigned to museums no one visits. Only the name Houdini will remain—not as the name of a man or magician, but as a force that still gives meaning to the notions of ‘escape’ and ‘freedom’.” Check out this book and decide for yourself. Data-Rat-Tat: The next phrase buzzes loudly. The hype is hyper and Kenneth Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schonberger’s 242-page Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (2013) is a walloping gusher. I suggest tying it to Who Owns the Future? So … just how big is Big Data? Wired magazine recently reported that “Twenty years ago electronic health records were nascent, digital music was mostly a fantasy, Twitter was what birds did, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin was a summer intern at Wolfram Research. The past two decades have seen a nuclear explosion in the collection and storage of digital information. In 2012, 2.8 zettabytes—that’s 1 sextillion bytes, or the equivalent of 24 quintillion tweets—were created or replicated, according to the research firm IDC. There are hundreds or thousands of petabyte-scale databases today, and we’d compare their size to what existed two decades ago, only every time the basis of comparison would be zero.” (All estimates change every second.) But it was recently (?) reported that the number of business e-mails sent during the year (in terabytes) was 2,896,100. The content uploaded on Facebook (in terabytes) was 182,500. We can only imagine how many e-mails magicians have sent so far this year!? But I’ve reported all this before. One thing is certain: Magic researchers crave data. The Conjuring Arts Research Center may be (for now) Big Data Lite, but as far as magic researchers are concerned, it’s a motherlode, a treasure trove, a hot-damn Data Disco. If you want a sense of the bigger picture, Cukier and Mayer-Schonberger’s book will show that Big Data is now measured in terabytes (trillions) and petabytes (quadril-
lions) and within a mere decade, even those numbers will seem quaint. Meanwhile, we magicians (comparatively speaking) are pissant data harvesters. We’re small potatoes, even though it’s possible to “harvest” more info (regarding magic) than at any time in history! Why not revel in it? We Three, We’re Not Alone: Does the number three rule? In magic we have “The Three Shell Game” and “Three-Card Monte.” We have “two in the hand and one in our pocket” (2 + 1 = 3). Three cups are used in Cup and Ball routines. There are three piles in the “TwentyOne Card Trick.” Many divination tricks use three objects. (Hummer’s “Three Cups” and Bob Neale’s “My First Trick– Rock, Paper, Scissors”.) And let’s not forget “Rice, Orange and Checkers,” the “Monkey Bar” and the “Three Unequal Ropes” (“Professor’s Nightmare”). The list of three-thingy tricks is longer than we assume. Outside of magic there are Three Men in a Tub, Three Men and a Baby, Three Blind Mice, Three Musketeers, Three Stooges, Three Bears, Three Fates, Three Graces, and the Third Man on a Match. There are three branches of government. There are the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. There are Life-Liberty-Fraternity; Faith-Hope-Charity; Spirit-Mind-Body; Effect-Method-Patter; Earth-Wind-Fire; Id-Ego-Super-Ego; Tinkers to Evers to Chance. Where would Hegel have been without thesis, antithesis, and synthesis? Charles Sanders Pierce had sign, object, and interpretant. In mathematics there are logicism, formalism, and intuitionism. W.V. Quine wrote: “The stability of three comes down to brute and homely fact when we look upon the threelegged stool and contrast its firmness with the wobbly four legs or the toppling two. The underlying geometry is elementary. Three points always lie in a plane; four need not. Three points lie in only one plane; two lie in many.” It may seem trivial (like many other things in magicdom), but let’s not forget that “trivial” is derived from trivium—the fork in the road, where three ways (tres viae) converge and passers-by pause in their passing to bandy trivialities ... or to watch a card trick or two ... or maybe three! Finally, let’s not forget Poor Richard’s apothegm: “Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” Some of us, of course, don’t even trust the third guy! Onward… • www.JonRacherbaumer.com
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In Memoriam Eric Evans
ERNEST EARICK MARCH 19, 1960 – APRIL 27, 2013 ERNEST EARICK, author of the universally well-reviewed book By Forces Unseen (1993), died at age 53 in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 27, 2013. He leaves behind his wife Teresa, daughter Grace, son Sam, and many friends. He was born on March 19, 1960, in Roswell, New Mexico to Joyce and Rex Earick. I met Ernie in 1980. I had sought him out because I wanted to learn sleight of hand. Dusty Cravens, the local Ring President, said that Ernie was the man to know. And learn I did. Not because I was a capable student so much as Ernie was a patient and exacting teacher. Those two qualities permeated all aspects of his life and served him well throughout. When I met Ernie, he was a college student. How he ever found the time to create such beautiful card sleights while maintaining a full course load at the University of New Mexico I’ll never know. But I feel supremely privileged to have spent hours with him every week, during what was (magic-wise) perhaps his most prolific years. After some five years, I moved away from Albuquerque about the same time Ernie’s love for magic was gradually pushed to the side by more immediate, practical considerations. Ernie married, had a family, and furthered his career: working for the University, signing authors for their publishing department. We kept in touch over the years and when we would speak, it was as though I had never left Albuquerque. During our conversations we’d touch upon other concerns sometimes, something about our families perhaps, but we would never speak of current events or other concerns. Just our common love—magic. The world of card magic is richer for having known Ernie, and his influence was profound. One prominent memory of Ernie comes from when he had just returned from Los Angeles, where he had the opportunity to meet several of his heroes at The Magic Castle. Sitting in the Frontier Restaurant, across the street from the University as we always did, he was recounting his adventure. It seemed that much of it had revolved around Dai Vernon. The Professor was probably fascinated with Ernie in general, but most certainly he was interested in one of Ernie’s sleights. He kept asking Ernie to perform it for various friends throughout the night while they all sat around Dai’s table. Ernie sipping on his Coca-Cola, deck of cards in hand, having the time of his life. Ernie happily described the people he met and the events of the evening. He displayed some excitement, but you’d have to know him well to recognize that the calm smile on his face
(with an occasional graceful gesture thrown in for good measure), was about as effusive as Ernie got. Especially when he had good reason for it. I always thought that he was somewhat reserved because I would have been screaming the experience from the nearest rooftop. But now, looking back, it seems as though for Ernie it was a high-point in his life that, when taken as a whole, was good. Really good. Not, however, anything to necessarily make a big deal out of. And that was Ernie. Someone who loved the gears and levers of great card magic. Ernie was humble from beginning to end. He was a treasure that so many knew, either through his love of magic, or his love of family and friends. He was always devoted to precision, with a gentleness that defied reason. And his absence will be felt the rest of my life. Please visit the Ernest Earick tribute page at: www.billgoodwinmagic.com/earick.html
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PURPLE PROSE IT WON’T SEEM LIKE IT AT FIRST, but if you keep reading you’ll discover that this month I will eventually explain a book test. Back in November 1967, Karl Fulves began producing Epilogue magazine. The first issue included some fascinating explorations of the mathematics of the Riffle Shuffle, with the promise that a subsequent number would contain a discussion of a “Self-Correcting Set-Up.” That idea was provided in the third issue, dated July 1968. Other material was later published, and most of that was compiled in the book Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups in 1973. The principle is amazing, intriguing, and largely ignored. I seem to be the only one (obviously, other than Karl) who has published applications. This one is not the most ambitious, but in some ways I find it the most appealing. It appeared in the 1984 book Thequal. The basic “Self-Correcting” idea is best described using two sets of number cards. The first group consists of numbers 1 through 30, printed in black. The second set has the same numbers printed in red. In each set the numbers are in order, with the top card being 1. A spectator Riffle Shuffles the two packs together. The cards are now distributed to audience members, from the top of the shuffled pack, two at a time. Any spectator holding a pair which contains a red and a black is asked to stand, and the performer is able to know the total of the spectator’s values. This information is learned by the performer noting the spectator’s position in the audience. If we refer to that position as “n,” then the total of the spectator’s numbers will equal 2n. (For example, if the spectator is sixth—i.e., recipient of the sixth pair dealt—the total of the two cards will be 12.) The performer does not know the precise identities of the two cards, but the total is guaranteed. In this system, it is possible (in fact, likely, if the Riffle Shuffle is relatively even) that the spectator will hold a pair of matching numbers. This fact may suggest the nature of the method. It therefore occurred to me that there might be arrangements which would preclude matching pairs.
One such solution is to have the black number cards run from 1 to 30, and the red cards run from 2 to 31. With this situation, no spectator holding a red and a black will ever have a pair of mated values. You can calculate the total for any red/black combination by the formula (2n) + l (e.g., for the sixth spectator, the total will be 13). Another approach would be to have the black cards composed of only odd values, in order (1, 3, 5, 7 ...), and the red cards even (2, 4, 6, 8 ...). Here, the formula would be (4n) - l. (Thus the sixth spectator’s cards, if a red/black set, would total 23.) In “An Approach To Reading,” Fulves cleverly applies this principle to a book test. The number cards are shuffled and dealt out in pairs. Any spectator holding a red/black combination is given a book, and told to turn to the page designated by the total of his/her cards. The performer, of course, knows this total via the system just discussed, and by consulting a cue list is able to reveal the information on that page. The effect is clean, but there is no logical reason for limiting participation to those spectators holding red/black sets. The following presentational gambit will provide such justification. You will require two sets of number cards—one printed in red, the other in blue. You will also need three books or magazines. One of these has a red cover, one blue, and one purple. It is the latter that you have covered with a secret index. You’re probably ahead of me now. When the pairs of cards have been distributed, a spectator is invited to choose one of the books. Here, use Equivoque to force the choice of the purple book. Explain, “If you had chosen the red book, we would use those spectators holding two red cards; if you’d chosen the blue book, we’d use those holding two blue cards. As you have taken the purple book, we will use those people holding red/blue pairs, as red and blue combine to make purple.” And thus does logic prevail. • JULY 2013
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THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS JOHN GAUGHAN
AS TOLD TO DUSTIN STINETT
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERT SEBREE
CONRADI’S ORIGINAL BILLIARD BALL ILLUSION THE MAGICIAN STANDS CENTER STAGE. He causes eight white billiard balls to appear at his fingertips which he places on a stand. He then makes six red balls appear at his fingertips, which he places into
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another, star-shaped stand. He steps well away from the stand and, suddenly, without any cover, the red balls disappear one at a time. Each ball appears at the top of a loop de loop track, rolls down and flies into a top hat. In the end, the six balls turn into flower bouquets which are handed out to the ladies in the audience. If you think that the effect sounds complex, wait until you see how the apparatus is constructed. Made by Conradi-Horster in the early 20th century, the primary piece is the stand with the red balls. It is constructed of five shell balls and a space for one solid ball. The magician only needs enough skill to produce one ball in his hands. As he appears to place the ball into the stand, he actually moves a built-in shell into place. He keeps the real ball palmed, which he then makes appear in order to start the process over again. The sixth ball that’s produced is actually placed into its holder which, while it does not have a shell, is still part of a remarkable piece of the clockwork at the heart of this piece.
Inside the stand is a wind-up motor that runs the mechanism. It runs so silently that this could be performed in a parlor environment without fear of audible detection. Once it is running, it appears that each ball vanishes from its individual holder one at a time. What is happening is that the shell falls back into its hiding place. Inside the table, six real balls are in a dropper. Timed with the disappearance, a ball drops onto the top of the track. It then
rolls down through the loop and flies into the top hat. So how does the one solid ball disappear? It automatically drops and rolls back into a little basket behind the centerpiece of the stand. It is an amazing piece of clockworks that takes about 15 minutes just to set up. But when you consider the astounding effect this must have had on a Victorian era audience—an amazing climax to a “standard” billiard ball routine—it was probably well worth it. •
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