Bell

67 entries in Bell
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
How to make two Bels come into one hand, having put into each hand one bell travels from hand to hand, with bell in sleeve to fake sound of bell in hand
 		1634
The Art of Legerdemain Discovered
30
Spirit-Rapping to answer questions, electro-magnetical
 		1876
Modern Magic
485
The Magic Bell to answer questions, electro-magnetical
 		1876
Modern Magic
486
Emil Clauß Das Schellen-Experiment four bells vanish one by one and reappear, sound gimmick in cuff
Inspired by
  • Willmann's Salon-Magie, p. 363
 Sep. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 9)
137
W. Evers Zum Schellen-Experiment bells vanish one by one and reappear, sound gimmick in cuff
Inspired by
  • Willmann's Salon-Magie, p. 363
Related to 		May 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 5)
77
Carl Willmann Zum Schellenexperiment
Related to July 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7)
111
Die imitierten Kirchenglocken No. 10, sound effect with string and spoon that imitated church bells
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
161
H. F. C. Suhr Der Geistertisch bell on (gaffed) table answers questions, or ball rolls, rapping hand, electro-magnetic
Related to Feb. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 2)
30
Emil Clauß Die Geisterglocke bell answers questions
 		May 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 5)
76
Phantome Ein moderner Erfinder - 14. bell rings by itself to answer questions
Related to Jan. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1)
11
G. Restell Zum Schellenexperiment
Related to Aug. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8)
123
G. Restell Zum Schellenexperiment
Related to Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
155
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1903
Later Magic
68
Carl Willmann Der Schellenbaum bells vanish and reappear by itself on stand apparatus
 		Apr. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 4)
56
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
662
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mysterious Addition crystal bell divines written numbers
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
118
Joseph Michael Hartz The Hartz "Hook," for Working Mechanical Pieces hook from ceiling with mechanical piece that can make bells ring, etc.
  • The Magic Bell (bell rings by itself)
  • The Crystal Cash-box (borrowed coins appear in glass box that hangs from ceiling)
  • The Bird-Cage (canary appears in suspended cage)
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
206
Theodore Annemann The Annemann Bell Box spirit bell, electronic
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
134
Edward Bagshawe A Visitor from Down Under séance on stage with lights on, magician is tied to chair with screen around him and still from within the screen a bell rings, writing appears, knots tie in a rope, etc., trapdoor for assistant to reach under
 		1936 ca.
Twenty Magical Novelties
74
Max Cadet The Magic Bell three cards stopped at, with two hats and a bell
 		Jan. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 8)
34
Hen Fetsch Not Far Fetsched ideas for the pop up tie
  • Pop Bell (spirit bell)
  • Pop Spots (luminous paint)
  • Pop Brush (spectator feels ghost brushing on face)
 		Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 164)
656
Don Tanner The Spirit Bell bell answers questions, hangs on stick which sits on two glass tumblers, thread
 		May 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 8)
8
Al Baker The Magic Bell ghost bell, answering to questions
Also published here 1949
Mental Magic
104
Harold Martin Idea for the Spirit Bell and a Dove Pan tip
 		1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
34
Karl Fulves Hell's Bells medium rings bell on selected card, including variation by Aaron Wainer
 		Nov. 1965
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Fred Lowe The Truth Machine spirit bell as lie detector, body bell
Related to
  • "Nothing But The Truth" (The Wizard, Sept./Oct. 1950)
Also published here 		July 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
48
Roy Fromer Spirit Music tumbler with pencil rings like spirit bell, ungaffed
 		Oct. 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
62
Francis J. Baker Marley's Ghost behind a screen a bell rings and coins move from jar to table, p. 241 for further reference
 		Dec. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2)
229
Enchanted Bells bells appear in a drawer with holes, box, similar to the coin slide
 		1976
Classic Magic with Apparatus
124
Fred Lowe Die Wahrheitsmaschine spirit bell as lie detector, body bell
Also published here July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
47
Dai Vernon, Lewis Ganson Bells classic effect with silk as table and pop-up-move
Inspired by 1979
Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket
23
Steve Beam Ding-a-Ling gag using bells, pun
 		1980
Diary of a Deranged Deck
11
Michael Selwyn Beyond the Bell clapper of glass bell vanishes
 		1981
Magick (Issue 281)
1403
Stephen Tucker Jingle Bells monte with bells, sucker element
 		Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
390
Rice Bell rice vanishes from small barrel, and appears under bell
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
73
The Vanish and Reproduction of the Bells (No.1) with stand and drawer box, Martinka
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
154
The Vanish and Reproduction of the Bells (No.2) with frame and stand, Thayer
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
156
The Vanish and Reproduction of the Bells (No. 3) with frame and crystal bowl, Conradi
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
158
Al Mann Discobolus various animation ideas using a jumping disc
  • The jumping spoon
  • The cascading dominoes
  • The spirits ring a bell
  • The expanding beer cans
 		1982
Eff-Oes
12
Roy Baker Ring That Bell Only one bell push with ring a loud bell (mentalism routine), performer divines
Related to 1983
Baker's Capers
23
David Roth Ringing The Change coin makes ringing sound, hidden bell
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
19
Thomas Alan Waters Bellsamo self-ringing bell, divination of a tarot card
 		1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Spyryt)
571
Carlyle Spirit Bell bell without clapper is attached to string starts to ring
 		Dec. 1986
Magick (Issue 382)
1907
Karl Fulves Ding desk bell rung despite no bell being there, posed as problem
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 52)
262
Daryl Martinez The Bell of the Ball steel ball and bell are fused together to create a hollow ball that rings, Michael Weber idea
Related to 1988
Daryl does Den Haag
2
Stephen Tucker For Whom the Bell Tolls cups and balls with disjointed bell, clapper vanishes and appears attached inside bell
Related to 1991
New Close-Up Lecture
7
Robert Gysel Gysel's Method ringing bells wit feet in shoes under table
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
32
Ed Loveland The Borely Rectory Seance seance with crashing vase, bell ringing, rotating key, blister
 		Mar. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 9)
13
Jim Krenz Quasimodo Quoins coins travel from hand to hand every time a spectator rings a service bell, last coin appears under bell and as a climax a jumbo coin appears
Related to Sep. 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 3)
1
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Ein Becherspiel mit einer Tischglocke cups and balls with disjointed bell
Related to 1999
Kleines Becherspiel Kompendium
56
Karl Fulves Bell Ringer twelve objects arranged in square, spirit bell chosen and it rings
 		2001
Hex Squared
114
Gaston Quieto Campana Bolante "Bell Ball", steel ball from ballpoint pen, small bell pushed into ball bearing, ball now sounds like a bell, see next column
Related toAlso published here Aug. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 12)
84
Al Baker The Magic Bell ghost bell, answering to questions
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
343
Al Baker Harmonica Trick harmonica plays on its own
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
715
Trevor Lewis The Bell ring under bell travels inside locked box, spectator rings bell three times to find selected cards
 		2009
Routines Matter
33
Dai Vernon Bell Ringer on Vernon lectures and a sponge ball type trick with bells
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
454
Max Maven Toll Story
  • Lost Horizons
story presentation for a bell that suddenly stops ringing
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
14
Jay Sankey Mute small silent round bell starts to jingle, Christmas presentation
 		Dec. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12)
24
Jim Steinmeyer Tiny Séance
  • Conjuring
three-phase routine with ringing cowbell, spectator has eyes closed, Powers of Darkness type situation
 		May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
24
John Gaughan The Crystal Bell
  • The Chamber of Secrets
bell on stand made of glass rings by itself to answer questions
 		July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
20
Eugene Burger The Haunted Bell story presentation for a bell that suddenly stops ringing, method by Gordon Meyer
Inspired byVariations 2019
Eugene Burger: From Beyond
155
Max Maven Toll Story story presentation for a bell that suddenly stops ringing
Also published here 2019
Eugene Burger: From Beyond
156
Michael Carbonaro The Haunted Bell different script
Inspired by 2019
Eugene Burger: From Beyond
163
John Gaughan Spirit Bells
  • Chamber of Secrets
 		Apr. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 4)
38
Alexander Heimbürger Spirit Bell with bird as hidden force in table
 		2022
Max Malini
178
Gaston Quieto Campana Bolante "Bell Ball", steel ball from ballpoint pen, small bell pushed into ball bearing, ball now sounds like a bell, see p. 115 for credit correction
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
113
John Gaughan Voisin's Spirit Bell
  • Chamber of Secrets
 		Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
52