General Comments

32 entries in Rope / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Northern Hilliard Magic With Ropes
1938
Greater Magic
783
Ropes fixing ends
 		1938
Greater Magic
874
Harlan Tarbell Type of Rope used
1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
339
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Hindu Rope Mysteries discussion of rope connections
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
292
E. J. Moore "Magnet" Rope magnetic rope connection
 		1954
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
186
Martin Gardner String and Rope intro
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
81
Oran Bailey Dent Trickities 3
  • "Watch Pocke" Gag
  • "Gone" Line
  • Production Gag
  • Rope Gimmick Tip
  • Liquid Air Hole Release
  • Balloon Breaking Gimmick
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
22
Professor Edgar A Rope Hitch method to link two ropes for penetration effects, without thread etc.
 		1968
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II
88
Harry Lorayne Rope Magic
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
143
George Sands Requirements and Modifications of 1st Edition comments on ropes for the Sandsational routine
Also published here 1976
Sands Improved Ropesational
10
Karl Fulves 6 - Rope Magic
1977
The Magic Book
101
Karl Fulves A Bit of History on the previous routine
 		1982
Carlyle's 3-To-1 Rope
15
Manfred Cattarius Allgemeine Hinweise zum Thema "Seile"
1984
Exzellente Seilroutinen
4
Karl Fulves Introduction
1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part I
1
Karl Fulves Rope Notes notes on rope effects, rope knot prediction in fortune cookies
 		1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part II
29
Karl Fulves Ropelets on gambling tricks with ropes
 		1986
Contemporary Rope Magic — Part III
57
Joseph K. Schmidt General Comments on the Square Knot and the Granny Knot no title
 		1987
Knot On The Square
1
Philip Reed Willmarth Getting Started preparing a rope
 		1989
The Knot Collector
3
Karl Fulves The Preliminaries what rope to use, how to prepare it, presentational ideas (rope as suspenders or phone cord)
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
1
Harlan Tarbell A Word About Magic With Ropes
1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
159
Francis Tabary The Rope on what ropes to use
  • Color
  • Texture
  • Diameter
  • Preparation
  • Length
  • Onstage
  • Close-Up
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
3
Francis Tabary The Story of the Rope Routine on the development of the FISM 1991 routine
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
5
Francis Tabary The Routine as Seen by the Audience only description of FISM rope routine
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
13
Francis Tabary Thoughts on the Transformation of a Rope with Four Ends into Two Ropes
2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
35
Francis Tabary Thoughts on the Display of Two Ropes and More
2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
39
Francis Tabary Descriptions and Commentaries on the Various Effects of the FISM Rope Routine
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
93
Francis Tabary A Ring and a Rope
2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
101
Francis Tabary You and The Stage
  • How can one open a routine?
  • 1. If the Rope is in your pocket
  • 2. The emcee hands you the rope
  • 3. The rope is brought to you
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
224
Francis Tabary How Do You End a Routine?
  • 1 You are onstage
  • 2. Close-up
    • First, with two ropes: one long and on short
    • Now for situations with three ropes: a long rope, a short rope and a medium rope
 		2004
The Award-Winning Rope Magic of Francis Tabary
230
J. W. Sarles Releaso with loop, outlining some patter by Sarles for a longer rope routine
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
211
Karl Fulves On Rope Magic
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
562
George Sands Requirements comments on ropes for the Sandsational routine
Also published here 2014
Ropes
28