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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Tally_NSA, it is my understanding that Norm Nielsen did do this on purpose, as his act was called, "Musical Magic".
A Vanishing Flute A Floating Violin A Xylophone which is the Coin Ladder He also does a one man Floating Piano for stage. The card productions were originally to be music sheets, torn up, and turn into sheets the size of playing cards, but he decided against it after much experimenting. He performed mainly in Europe for over 20 years. |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
TAlly_NSA, I do agree with you on the raised surface, but it all depends on how and the setting you chose to perform in. If on a stage with music, I don't think any noise would be heard in that setting. Performing a Miser's type routine in a smaller venue, then that would most definitely be a consideration.
I am sure the coins could be used for producing large quantities of coins from the hand, as Ron MacMillan taught in his book Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation. I do like the Eisenhower palming coins that were out for a short time. At $8.00 a coin they were kind of pricey for me, but I did buy 8 for my opening number. They look better then the picture, for some reason the manufacturer put the wrong name on the copy they provided, and magic dealer don't wish to correct any mistakes in the copy. https://tricksupply.com/product/kennedy-......t-trick/ |
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts |
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On Apr 24, 2016, Bill Hegbli wrote: That's interesting that he tuned them on purpose. A point of correction - a Xylophone is wooden. The metal equivalent is called a Glockenspiel - literally "bell game". |
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john wills Special user 939 Posts |
There's another word in English: Bell Lyra.
We can all agree that the coin ladder is not an invention of Norm Nielsen. We can find it already in the act of Robert Heller. But we all know that Norm Nielsen is a man that strives for PERFECTION (in his performance handling and in his materials). So in building such a (superior!) tuned coin ladder, I can see him contact/visit a factory like the Ludwig Drum Company (Monroe NC) to buy a set of (already tuned) pieces for a Bell Lyra. It's told that even "building" his violin took about two years I honor Norm Nielsen: one of the REAL PROFESSIONALS. |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Norm Nielsen was discovered by an prominent person at a Magic convention. His act was much more standard, Coin production into a bell held mouth up in one hand (is the picture I have seen), Zombie, and card production. Taking the advice he received to be totally unique, put him on a path to his famous Musical Magic act. I have seen his act in person a couple times and on television. I noted that he constantly updates his material and wardrobe. At on convention his ladder dropped a coin near the bottom of the rungs, then on television, it dropped from the top run. It was timed misdirection for the vanish of the violin. I really love his sense of humor, having the violin at the end roll out on stage and take a bow. I have seen him in formal dinner jacket in Blue and Brown. He even has is foulard color schemed to his clothing.
As far as I know, his ladder design is totally unique to him, after seeing pictures of the few classic coin ladders previously created. His card fans are perfection, itself, perfectly spread ever time. His steals are perfection as well as his vanishes of the flute and violin. He rehearses before ever appearance at the venues he works. I think he will be the only famous magician that will not die completely bankrupt. After reading some of the biographies of magicians who gained fame and wealth during their careers. I was once told, he had 8 ex-wives, don't know how true that is, but it was talked about among magicians groups. |
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JNeal Inner circle I used to have 999 posts, now I have 1617 Posts |
Norm has been married only three times.
Another magician who has an international reputation and retired with a positive bank balance is Marvyn Roy...
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Maybe it was Channing Pollock then who had 8 ex-wives. I do remember when talking with the late great Neil Foster, he got upset when mentioning it to him for clarification. He had great respect for Norm Nielsen.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
The violin coming on for a bow was a high light of the act. The problem was that, Norm would get a standing ovation, and that beautiful violin bit couldn't be seen by many if not most of the audience!!
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts |
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On May 1, 2016, Bill Hegbli wrote: Pollock was only married twice: to Naomi Phelps and Jozy Williams. |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
Well, it was one or the other, as I discussed both with magicians with Neil Foster over the years at Abbott's Magic.
These are the only 2 manipulators that that I looked up to over the years. Both were the finest performers I have ever seen. |
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts |
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On May 1, 2016, Bill Hegbli wrote: Quick story for those interested: I had only ever read about Channing in books as a kid growing up in the UK in the 1970s. And he was my idol because I used to do a Dove Act. But I had never actually seen him perform. Then, in 1988, John Fisher run a TV magic series called "The Best of Magic", and it famously ran an old B&W film of Channing from an Ed Sullivan Show. I was in absolute rapture over it! To finally see my idol after all that waiting was like a Gift from God! The same week that show was screened on British TV, I went to the Magic Circle as I always did on a Monday night. This was while they were at the British Service Men's club in Marble Arch. And who was there as well? Channing Pollock! And I even got to meet him and chat with him. I asked him how difficult it was to create a dove act when you didn't really have anyone else to rely on for ideas. And he told me some fantastic anecdotes about how he came up with various ideas for his act. I went home that night on Cloud Nine! I'm usually never Star-Struck when meeting famous people. But he just about sent me to heaven and back. Happy Days! And that story above is why I stay in the magic business. Nothing else can touch that kind of experience. Everything else pales into insignificance. |
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AndreOng1 Regular user SIngapore 110 Posts |
I love the Penn and Teller's Misers Dreams, it can be a good reference to use as inspiration.
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Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Yes! Teller's MD is great! I know P & T. We shared a suite at the Waldorf Astoria when we worked the SAM in '78.
But there are "technicals" that must be considered! My MD is ALWAYS READY, and CAN BE RESET in FIVE SECONDS. Each of us, Levent, Nielsen, Foster, McGill, Mayer, Flosso,Downs, et al, designed our routines to be practical for our medium. I wasn't "inspired"! I just considered for whom I was mainly performing, the conditions in which I performed, etc.
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