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FrankFindley
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On Jun 19, 2019, Dan Ford wrote:
Abbott's put out a Continental Cabinet that worked on the same principle as Okito's Sleeve Production in the 70's, which I still use to this day. Very deceptive! It had a Dragon stenciled on the 4 sides which are no longer there, as I changed the outside look. Quite a l**d chamber.


Indeed, it is in my first Abbott's catalog from 1976! It looks like it may still be available. Here it is in action:



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On Jun 3, 2019, Bill Hegbli wrote:
Abbott's made this prop as well for many years. It sat up high in a glass case. No one ever suggested taking a look at it. They only painted it all black with some silver paint markings. Not very colorful for a stage prop.



Bill, is the Continental Cabinet the prop of which you were thinking or did they have another which was a Breakaway box?
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For those who like to DIY, Paul Osborne released plans for construction of the breaksway box in his Shop to Stage column in the October 2008 MUM magazine. Though I think he greatly underestimated the usefullness of this prop. This apparatus is so much more than simply a means to produce silks for use in other effects.

Yesterday I performed it at the IBM Ring 56 monthly meeting and it was very well received. It was a story based presentation. From it was produced a dozen flowers, five 4 inch balls, four 36 inch silks, one hundred one inch authentic chinese coins, two oranges, a bananna, and a string of large flags. This was after sevral corresponding items were removed from the box further verifying it was empty prior to the productions.
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On Jun 20, 2019, FrankFindley wrote:

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On Jun 3, 2019, Bill Hegbli wrote:
Abbott's made this prop as well for many years. It sat up high in a glass case. No one ever suggested taking a look at it. They only painted it all black with some silver paint markings. Not very colorful for a stage prop.



Bill, is the Continental Cabinet the prop of which you were thinking or did they have another which was a Breakaway box?



No it was the one that you arm was inserted into, and the top and bottom fell open to show empty. I just checked Abbott's website, it is no longer listed, to bad and Greg made a video of it a while back.
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