Tan Hock Chuan

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Val Evans	Multeffect Cards	long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects	Related to R. & S. Master Pack (Tan Hock Chuan, 1948) Sven Stebbins (John A. Novak, 1975) Historia de un Descubrimiento (Juan Tamariz, 1980) Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack (Ellis Stanyon, 1999) A Further "CW Mene-Tekel" Variation Plus Ideas For Its Use (Chris Wardle, 2003) Variations Photographic Memory (Denis Behr, 2018)	1937	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)	177	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Think Stop Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Reverse Triumph Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
H. Adrian Smith	A Unique Mental Problem	missing cards are named, real memory	Variations R. & S. Memory Supreme (Tan Hock Chuan, 1948)	1938	Greater Magic	906	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Tan Hock Chuan	Preface			1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Giant Monte	odd-backed queen cannot be followed, changes in joker as kicker, partial rough-smooth	Inspired by Coloroto (Dr. Lazlo Rothbart, 1939)	1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	1	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Gambling Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Poker Hand Routine	pair of deuces changes into Royal Flush, backs change as well, partial rough-smooth		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Pokerhand Transformations
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Restless Cards	seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smooth	Also published here Ruhelose Karten (Tan Hock Chuan, 1967)	1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Master Pack	deck shuffled, when card is removed the performer instantly knows it, rough-smooth pairs in Si Stebbins arrangement	Related to Multeffect Cards (Val Evans, 1937) Also published here Das Meister-Spiel (Tan Hock Chuan, Jochen Zmeck, 1967)	1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Memory Supreme	gaffed method	Inspired by A Unique Mental Problem (H. Adrian Smith, 1938)	1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Book Test	page selected with rough-smooth deck		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	10	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Dead and Living Test	paper cards treated with roughing fluid		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	11	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Tan Hock Chuan, Edward Bagshawe	R. & S. Optica Deck	deck shown, then it changes back color and all cards are alike, partial rough-smooth	Inspired by The Optica Deck (Edward Bagshawe, 1983) Related to Non Plus Ultra (Jochen Zmeck, 1962)	1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Two Back Colors
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. One-Way Deck	partial rough-smooth		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	13	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Hallucination	two spectators look at the same card which is placed on one hand, they have seen different cards and the card changed to a third one, suggested with Walt Disney cards		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	14	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Tan Hock Chuan	R. & S. Mental Numbers	pack of number cards, rough-smooth		1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	15	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination
Tan Hock Chuan	Epilogue			1948	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	18	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Rough & Smooth Possibilities	by Tan Hock Chuan		May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	544	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Tan Hock Chuan	Das verhexte Schloss	keys in envelopes, performer finds correct key, magnet	Also published here "Lock and Keys" in "Sphinx" August, 1939.	1951	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 3)	15	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Tan Hock Chuan	Ein Seidentuch Durchdringt ein Glas	silk penetrates glass, covered with silk and rubber band	Also published here in "The Sphinx Golden Jubilee Book of Magic"	1952	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 6)	82	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Tan Hock Chuan	Silk through the Glass	classic	Variations Singapore Silks (Aldini, Tan Hock Chuan, 1970)	1954/27	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6	129	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Jochen Zmeck	Non Plus Ultra	"Mein Verwandlungsspiel" deck shown normal, then all cards are alike and back changes as well, then back, partial rough-smooth	Related to R. & S. Optica Deck (Tan Hock Chuan, Edward Bagshawe, 1948)	1962	Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Two Back Colors
Tan Hock Chuan, Jochen Zmeck	Das Meister-Spiel	deck shuffled, when card is removed the performer instantly knows it, rough-smooth pairs in Si Stebbins or other arrangement, also for clean removal of three cards from deck out-of-hand, number force for book test	Also published here R. & S. Master Pack (Tan Hock Chuan, 1948)	1967	Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous Numbers / Number Forces / Playing Cards Book / Book Test / Routines
Tan Hock Chuan	Ruhelose Karten	seven cards are shown, squared, then alternating face-up/face-down, repeated, partial rough-smooth	Also published here R. & S. Restless Cards (Tan Hock Chuan, 1948)	1967	Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Tan Hock Chuan	Tan Hock Chuan's Appearing Knot	flourish knot		1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	30	Rope / Knot Effects / Real / Flourish
Tan Hock Chuan	Tan Hock Chuan's Knot Effect	handkerchief knotted on rope is pulled off	Also published here "Genii" Vol. 17, Nr. 9 May 1953.	1968	Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks — Volume II	295	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,...
Aldini, Tan Hock Chuan	Singapore Silks	impromptu version of Chuan's "Silk through the Glass"	Inspired by Silk through the Glass (Tan Hock Chuan, 1954/27)	1970	Magick (Issue 9)	43	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects
Tan Hock Chuan	Tan's Trick	pattern folded into paper behind back on signed paper that should not be possible so quickly, see also p. 476 for comment by Gershon Legman and p. 521 for Bruce Arnold comment		Aug. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10)	437	Paper / Miscellaneous Paper / Origami Effects
Tan Hock Chuan, Aldini	Singapore Force			1971	Magick (Issue 29)	142	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Forcing Gaff Cards / Sleights / Force / Stabbing Force
Tan Hock Chuan	The Quick and the Dead	blindfolded, card is found and name revealed, see Bigbee in #41 for other sources	Related to Fillman Re-Visited (North Bigbee, 1975) Variations Astro-Simple (Bascom Jones, 1971) Quicker Quick and the Dead (North Bigbee, 1972)	1971	Magick (Issue 34)	167	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Bascom Jones	Astro-Simple	with zodiac sign	Inspired by The Quick and the Dead (Tan Hock Chuan, 1971)	1971	Magick (Issue 34)	170	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Tan Hock Chuan	Mystic Twist	loop of string through thumb		1972	Magick (Issue 40)	199	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
North Bigbee	Quicker Quick and the Dead	credits and variation for The Quick and the Dead, Fillman Principle	Inspired by The Quick and the Dead (Tan Hock Chuan, 1971)	1972	Magick (Issue 41)	202	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Tan Hock Chuan	The Phoenix Rope	three lengths of rope are cut and restored simultaneously, loops		1972	Magick (Issue 43)	211	Rope / Cut & Restored
Tan Hock Chuan	'The Devil... You Say!'	medium finds three selections		1972	Magick (Issue 58)	289	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / by Assistant
Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards!	same as Ambitious Riser	Related to Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 1975) A Tip on the Secret of the High Rise (Edward Marlo, 1980)	1973	Magick (Issue 74)	369	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Fred Robinson	Ambitious Riser		Related to Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards! (Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1973) Variations Arise Comrades (Eric Mason, 1975) Raise Rise (Ray Kosby, 1987) Also published here Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 2010) Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 2021)	Apr. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)	92	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
North Bigbee	Fillman Re-Visited	ideas for the Fillman principle	Related to The Quick and the Dead (Tan Hock Chuan, 1971)	1975	Magick (Issue 127)	632	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Tan Hock Chuan	Willkommen	idea for torn and restored newspaper	Also published here Pentagram, June 1947	June 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4)	77	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Tan Hock Chuan	Introduction			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Tan Hock Chuan	A Useful Card Frame	Playing card appears in empty picture frame		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Frame Frame
Tan Hock Chuan	One Handed Card Rise	Pinky action		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Tan Hock Chuan	Another Torn Corner Location	Quickly locating a card with a torn corner in the deck	Inspired by Torn Corner Location (Lewis Ganson, Abra 255)	1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	7	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work
Tan Hock Chuan	Your Card at Your Number	Three cards selected and lost, found at three named numbers		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Tan Hock Chuan	Surprising Location	Spectator thinks of a card in poker hand, magician divines		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Tan Hock Chuan	Seven's a Most Magical Number	Spectator chooses a card out of seven, magician divines		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Tan Hock Chuan	Matched Before Chosen	Magician sets aside two random cards, spectator chooses random card, the two random cards reveal suit and value of selection		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Eight Kings Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Tan Hock Chuan	Mind Reading			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	11	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Tan Hock Chuan	Sympathetic Transposition	S.B.S. Deck, any four cards transpose between spectator and magician's decks		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	11	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Same Both Sides (SBS) Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Between two Decks
Tan Hock Chuan	Prediction Duo	Predict two cards selected		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Partial
Tan Hock Chuan	The Breakthru	Rough and smooth Mene Tekel deck, can be used for Card to Wallet		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	13	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Spell your Card	Spectator thinks of one card from a group of six, spells to find it		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial
Tan Hock Chuan	Secret Sortilege	Spectator places a random number of cards in their pocket, after some dealing and discarding, magician can tell how many cards are in their pocket		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Mathematical Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Controlled Choice	Spectator chooses any card from a row of six on a stand, prediction matches		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Tan Hock Chuan	Eclipse Discovery	Selection rises from a tumbler as a cardboard cylinder covering the tumble is lifted up, card can be seen through window		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Magnetic/Shimmed Card Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Tan Hock Chuan	Dye Your Own Silks	Method on dyeing in your own silks		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	17	Silk & Handkerchief / General Comments
Tan Hock Chuan	Silks - A Quick Restoration	Cut and restored silk		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	17	Silk & Handkerchief / Destroyed & Restored
Tan Hock Chuan	Reel-less Transformation	Picture of rabbit on cloth changes into duck, small gag		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	18	Picture & Drawing Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Gags
Tan Hock Chuan	A Very Tight Knot	How to untie a knot in a human hair, bar bet		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	18	Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Rope / Knot Effects / Real / Puzzle & Impossible Knot
Tan Hock Chuan	Magical Separation	Red and black beads mixed in tumbler, they magically separate		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	19	Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Percolation Extraordinary	Three tied silks placed in tumbler, middle silk melts through bottom		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	19	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Glass / Mirror Glass Apparatus / Phantom Tube
Tan Hock Chuan	The Favorite Number Improved	Number stunt, spectator name any digit, you multiply two digits to produce string of repeated named digits		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	20	Numbers / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	The Dissolving Ball	Red ball dissolves in water, turns water red		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	20	Ball / Miscellaneous Glass / Bottomless Glass Liquid / Changing Color
Tan Hock Chuan	Watered Wine	Water changes into wine, and back into water		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	21	Liquid / Changing Color
Tan Hock Chuan	Line of Silks	Spectator calls out order of colors for three silks, magicians pulls out three silks tied in that order		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	21	Silk & Handkerchief / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Sands of Gobi	Teaches method on how to make the sand, plus a simple handling		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	22	Sand / Sands of the Desert
Tan Hock Chuan	Milko Multum Im Parvo	Milk poured from different sizes glasses, always fill up to the brim. After milk is drunk, final glass vanishes	Related to "Milko Multum Im Parvo" (Benson DuLay, Magic Wand, Dec 1946)	1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	23	Liquid / Miscellaneous Glass / Vanish
Tan Hock Chuan	Chuan's Multiple Melting Knots			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	24	Rope / Knot Effects
Tan Hock Chuan	Tri-Cut Twine	Bundled rope is cut in three places, restores		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	25	Rope / Cut & Restored
Tan Hock Chuan	The Singapore Twist	Rope looped around thumb loosely, melts through		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	26	Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Tan Hock Chuan	Chuan's Appearing Knot			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	26	Rope / Knot Effects / Appearance
Tan Hock Chuan	The Box from Singapore	Production Box		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	27	Box Illusions / Appearance & Production / Objects
Tan Hock Chuan	Invisible Santa	Christmas stocking placed in box, comes out filled with goodies		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	28	Clothing / Socks
Tan Hock Chuan	Unhungry Bunny	Bunny placed in box, "disappear", bulge under tablecloth shown to be cabbage		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	29	Animal / Rabbit
Tan Hock Chuan	Matter Through Matter	Solid cube melts through glass of water		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	30	Dice (large) & Blocks / Penetration
Tan Hock Chuan	Night-Club Double Box Illusion			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	31	Box Illusions / Appearance & Production / Objects
Tan Hock Chuan	Singapore Screen	Three fold screen, produce two girls		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	32	Illusions / Appearance & Production / Person
Tan Hock Chuan	Amazia - Wonder Rising Cards	Rising cards, three selections rise out from deck placed under glass dome		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	33	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread
Tan Hock Chuan	Sawing Balloons in Half			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	33	Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Sawing in Half Balloon / Restoration
Tan Hock Chuan	Confetti Surprise	Bill placed in envelope and burnt, found restored in the middle of a tumbler of confetti		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	34	Bill / Torn & Restored Bill / Traveling / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	The Long Match	Burnt, blackened match can be made longer than the original match, bar bet / stunt		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	35	Match & Matchbox / Match / Growing & Shrinking
Tan Hock Chuan	Match Surgery	Broken match is restored after being wrapped in paper		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	35	Match & Matchbox / Match / Destroyed & Restored
Tan Hock Chuan	Children's Speller	Spelling trick with picture cards for children, spectator spells and gets wrong card, magician always gets the right card		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Picture & Symbol Cards
Tan Hock Chuan	The Reappearing Pearls	String of pearls appear in empty box		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	39	Box Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices Jewelry
Tan Hock Chuan	Astral Coin	Coin travels from under one card to another card		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	39	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Matrix / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Moon Rock Mystery	Small rock grows into large rock after light is shone on it		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	40	Stone / Rock Spongeball / Growing & Shrinking
Tan Hock Chuan	Simplicity Divination	Magician divines color of ball placed in envelope		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	40	Mirror Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Tan Hock Chuan	Ribbon Fantastique	Plastic sheet threaded onto frame by ribbon can be pulled free		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	41	Silk & Handkerchief / Ribbon / Penetration Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	New Brandy and Water Separation	Brandy poured into water, remains floating on water		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	41	Liquid / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	The Chameleon Ball	Ball changes color from red to green to white to yellow, no shells		1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	42	Ball / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan, Tom Sellers	Prolong the Play	Four strings instead of three, ring jumps from rope to rope	Inspired by "Change-Over Ring" (Tom Sellers, Magic Wand, Vol. 43, No. 244, Dec 1964)	1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	42	Ring / Other Rings (like Keyrings) Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Tan Hock Chuan	Knife Through Coat			1977	The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan	43	Knife & Paddle / Penetration Clothing / Jacket
Edward Marlo	A Tip on the Secret of the High Rise	general technique credited to Chuan reference here	Related to Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards! (Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1973)	1980	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4	244	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co
Tan Hock Chuan	Bottomless Glass Finesse	cellophane bottom		1980	Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years	103	Glass / Bottomless Glass
Ken De Courcy	Third Guest: Tan Hock Chuan	short intro		1980	After Dinner Technique	54	Articles / Biographical
Tan Hock Chuan	Discatorial	four different-colored discs, colors divined by performer behind back, then order of four colors predicted		1980	After Dinner Technique	54	Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo, Tan Hock Chuan	The Tan Hock Chaun Pass		Related to "Chuan's Invisible Pass" (The Sphinx, Vol. 38 No. 3, May 1939) Also published here Top-Cover Passes (Gary Ouellet, Ellis Stanyon, Tan Hock Chuan, 1994) Tan Hock Chuan Cover Pass (Tan Hock Chuan, 1999) Tan Hock Chaun Pass (Tan Hock Chuan, Edward Marlo, 2019)	1982	Card Finesse	140	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (Herrmann)
Tan Hock Chuan, Karl Fulves	After Tan	pinky rise, credit claim	Related to No-Gaff Svengali (Andrew Shivas, 1983) Information on Pinky Rise (Ariel Frailich, 1996)	1982	Wireless II	33	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Edward Bagshawe	The Optica Deck	pairs held together with cut-outs and raised parts, all backs can be shown either blue or red, and face cards change to all the same The Optica Technique with reproduction of ad and original instructions, 1928	Variations R. & S. Optica Deck (Tan Hock Chuan, Edward Bagshawe, 1948) Thought Cards Across (Robertson Keene, 1983)	1983	A History of the Brainwave Principle	35	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Andrew Shivas	No-Gaff Svengali	showing all red or all black, incomplete faro	Related to After Tan (Tan Hock Chuan, Karl Fulves, 1982) Also published here Tricks of the Masters (Goldston, 1942)	1983	Worknotes On Brainwave	113	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Bob Fillman, Tan Hock Chuan	Tan/Fillman Principle	distinguish papers by grain (the way they bend)		1991	Thavant	12	Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Fred Robinson, Tan Hock Chuan	Pinky Rise			1992	Card Finesse II	243	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co
Gary Ouellet, Ellis Stanyon, Tan Hock Chuan	Top-Cover Passes	Chaun's The Tan Hock Chaun Pass and classic pass handling	Also published here The Tan Hock Chaun Pass (Edward Marlo, Tan Hock Chuan, 1982)	1994	The Pass	91	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (classic) Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (Herrmann)
Ariel Frailich	Information on Pinky Rise	seen done by Ger Copper around 1977-79	Related to After Tan (Tan Hock Chuan, Karl Fulves, 1982)	1996	New Card Rises	53	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co
Tan Hock Chuan	Tan Hock Chuan Cover Pass		Also published here The Tan Hock Chaun Pass (Edward Marlo, Tan Hock Chuan, 1982)	1999	Close-Up & Personal	31	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (Herrmann)
Tan Hock Chuan	Variation of Larry Becker's Knot Effect	silk penetrates off rope	Also published here Genii, May 1953	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	59	Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Rope / Penetration / Penetration
Tan Hock Chuan, Edward Marlo	Tan Hock Chaun Pass		Also published here The Tan Hock Chaun Pass (Edward Marlo, Tan Hock Chuan, 1982)	2019	Output (Issue 1)	23	Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Two-Handed / Cover Pass (Herrmann)

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