On 2013-07-17 06:12, shakuni wrote:
Does anyone have any info on Bob Kohler's version of Cylinder & Coins? Is it in print or in some dvd? Thanks!

On 2013-07-19 17:17, Jonathan Townsend wrote:

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On 2013-07-17 06:12, shakuni wrote:
Does anyone have any info on Bob Kohler's version of Cylinder & Coins? Is it in print or in some dvd? Thanks!

Did you ask Bob Kohler?

On 2013-07-19 21:54, Ramin wrote:
Actually, I believe, if I remember correctly that it is on a DVD. Not one he put out, but a British one possibly. definitely maybe

Did you ask Bob Kohler?

The Cap and Pence.
L. Graham Lewis’s Method.
A good little after-dinner trick. In the usual method a metal cap is used to cover the
pence. As there is always suspicion and a certain old-fashioned air attaching to all metal
covers, L. Graham Lewis’s plan of making a cap improvised from paper before the
audience is a decided improvement.
Time Occupied.-
About four minutes.
Effect.-
The performer borrows five pennies from amongst the spectators. He then
makes a little tube by rolling up a piece of note-paper, and blocks one end by squeezing
the paper together. Next a small die is placed upon the table, and over it the cap of paper.
The conjurer proceeds to pick up the pennies, and mysteriously passes each separately
through the paper cap, which is lifted up, showing the five pence beneath in place of the
die. The cap is replaced over the pence, and the conjurer with a sharp rap of his hand
below the table surface secures the five pence once more, and the paper cap upon being
lifted discloses the die in its original position.
Requisites and Preparation.-
A small piece of note paper, an elastic band, a die, and
five *** The centers of four of the pennies are *** the
eighth of an inch from their edges, so that the top penny is intact, and the outer edges of
those beneath are also intact. Thus when placed on the table they appear to be a heap of
five pennies.
If a “cap and pence” trick be ordered at a conjuring apparatus dealer’s, a prepared heap
of pennies is supplied, and a metal cap. The latter can be dispensed with, as only the
prepared coppers are required in Graham Lewis’s method here described, but it is
cheaper to buy the whole trick, than to have this set of five pennies specially made.
The piece of note-paper should be rolled previous to the performance round the five
prepared coppers, and a little mark made with pencil to show how far it must go in order
to make a tube which will just fit easily-neither too loosely nor too tightly over the coins.
The five fixed coins must be placed in any pocket convenient for the performer’s right
hand to secure them unseen when needed at the commencement of trick.
Presentation of Trick.-
The performer borrows five pennies from members of the
audience, and places them upon his table, and beside them sets the die. He next displays
the little piece of paper, and rolls it into a tube, placing the elastic band round it, taking
care to roll it exactly to the mark previously prepared, that it may just fit over the coins. He
then squeezes up the end of the paper tube, so as to close it at one end, and walking down
to the audience shows it to one or two, saying, “It is quite empty, and merely a little white
paper tube without guile of any sort.”