Al Schneider On Close-Up

1980
Written by Al Schneider
Work of Al Schneider
143 pages (Hardcover), published by Goldshadow Industries
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
39 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Al Schneider Introduction
Al Schneider Six Qualities Of The Performance 1. Importance
2. Non-Challenge
3. Quality Of The Performer
4. Control
5. Communication
6. Clarity
 		1
Al Schneider A Word On Drills on learning technique
 		17
Al Schneider The Basic Vanish
  • A Coin Drill
  • About A Coin Drill
  • A Finger Palm Drill
  • About A Finger Palm Drill
  • The Transfer Drill
  • About The Transfer Drill
  • Transfer with Hold Drill
  • The Vanish
  • About The Vanish
  • Finishes 1-3
  • About the Finishes
 		18
Al Schneider The Toss Change based on the basic vanish
 		28
Al Schneider The Basic Large Ball Vanish
31
Al Schneider Snap Back Vanish
32
Al Schneider Lapping general remarks on lapping, "Rest Lap"
 		35
Al Schneider Spellbound Too
39
Finger Palm Change
43
Drop Change
45
Al Schneider Gasp half dollar to african coin to diamond
 		48
Al Schneider Ghostal Coin silver of a half dollar is squeezed out, the now transparent coin and the silver is put back together to a normal coin
 		51
Al Schneider Split Silver Dollar into two half dollars and back
 		56
Al Schneider Silencing Coins masking tape on one side of coin
 		56
Al Schneider Cone And Coin with a cone
 		62
Al Schneider Dream One production of three coins from two cards
Related to 70
Al Schneider Twirl Load load coin under card, while twisting the card one-handed
 		72
Al Schneider Source four dollars produced, two of them shells
 		75
Al Schneider Shell Steal Move stealing the shell off a tabled coin under cover of presenting two cards
 		78
Al Schneider, John Kaiser Australian Gambit two transpositions, then travelling
 		79
Tony Slydini Revolve Vanish
83
J. B. Bobo Bobo Switch
83
Al Schneider Tri-Change three silver half dollars into pennies
 		84
Al Schneider Ring Off Pencil
Inspired byAlso published here 90
Dai Vernon, Ron Bauer, Al Schneider fake put on fake ring on stick move
 		90
Al Schneider Ring on Finger putting a finger ring on, one-handed
 		95
Al Schneider Bar-None paper balls travel, vanish and reappear, inspired by Slydini, kind of sponge ball routine with crumpled napkins
 		96
Al Schneider Salt Shaker salt shaker wrapped in paper vanishes, lapping
 		101
Roy Kissell Ring Gag from hand to hand, humorous presentation

 		104
Al Schneider Cigarette Pull Finesse tips about the pull handling
 		104
Al Schneider Sponge Color Changer with thumb tip
 		105
Al Schneider A Jumping Gems Routine
107
Al Schneider Shear Magic repeated cut and restored rope
 		112
Al Schneider Al-Himber Wallet paper to money with Himber Wallet
 		118
Al Schneider 20th Century Yarn 20th Century Silks with three pieces of yarn and an envelope
 		124
Al Schneider Salt Silk And Silver salt in a salt shaker, coin stack under a rolled up dollar bill and a silk change places. In the salt shaker is the silk, under the bill is salt and the coins are in the hand.
 		127
Al Schneider Salt Shaker Switch with a napkin
 		130
Al Schneider Quickcups with magic kit cups and balls
 		137
Data entered by Lorenz Schär, July 2013.