Bell

57 entries in Bell
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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
Unknown Spirit-Rapping to answer questions, electro-magnetical
 		1876 Modern Magic 485
Unknown 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
Unknown 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 — Volumes I, II, III and IV (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)
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 164) 656
Al Baker The Magic Bell ghost bell, answering to questions
 		1949 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic) 343
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
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
Unknown 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
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20) 390
Unknown Rice Bell rice vanishes from small barrel, and appears under bell
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 73
Unknown The Vanish and Reproduction of the Bells (No.1) with stand and drawer box, Martinka
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 154
Unknown The Vanish and Reproduction of the Bells (No.2) with frame and stand, Thayer
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 156
Unknown 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
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
 		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
 		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
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 1996 The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 3) 1
Karl Fulves Bell Ringer twelve objects arranged in square, spirit bell chosen and it rings
 		2001 Hex Squared 114
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
Also published here
  • Mary Tomich's Altar Flame, Vol. 6 No. 3, 1998
 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
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