Hello,

I have a Copentro unit I bought about fifteen years ago from a dealer now out of business. He was in St. Charles, Missouri. The unit came with instructions by Bob Klein for the Copentro, but on the back it has additional notes from Hank Lee. I want to know if Hank Lee sold the original Copentro at any time or if he might have copied Bob Klein's instructions and sold it with another model. Hank Lee does not sell these at the current time. The instructions are xeroxed and I am inclined to think the Bob Klein instructions would not have been on xerox paper. However, the unit itself is extremely well crafted which leads me to believe Klein might have made it. This is definitely not the funky Mikame version.

Any help would be appreciated!

Why don't you send a photo of it to Hank Lee?

I don't know what you have for sure but Hank Lee sold many copies of the Bob Kline Copenetro. I have an original by Kline. If you will pm me your email address I will send you pictures of mine.

I bought a Copenetro that came with Bob Kline instructions, too. Mine actually (a long time ago, okay) came from Magic Masters. You should talk with Chance Wolf (Wolf's Magic...www.wolfsmagic.com) about your Copenetro. He has all of 'em.

Steve Thomas

Stephen,
Send me a pic and I will give ya all the info you need. Hank Lee gained the sales and manufacturing rights sometime in the 80's I believe ( maybe late 70's )
The giveaway will be if it has a SQUARE Base. This will be a Hank model. I think it is a cool version but it would not have been made by Kline himself. Bob Kline built the model with the turned round Cherrywood Base given a very nice deep Gloss Clearcoat. Overall they work about the same but Kline's originals still look the best to date as far as craftmanship and elegance.
Hope this helps a bit,
Chance
email: magician@wolfsmagic.com

Posted: Jan 16, 2005 8:33pm
I may be wrong in some detail. Hank Lee may very well have sold TRUE Bob Kline models, for a brief period of time. I will look into it.
Chance

Does anyone know where to get replacement glasses for the Kline Copenetro. I have search in vain, all I could find was a fluted style glass. Any answers out there??? I appreciate it!

Hank Lee has the Manufacturing Rights from Bob Kline. I own a original Kline Copentro from Kline himself. Bob did wholesale his products to dealers so any dealer could have carried and sold his products.

I searched for weeks for a replacement glass. Only found a six sided glass at K-Mart or Wal-Mart. But it fit the base perfectly. The bowed sided glass that comes with the trick was a common bar/beer glass of its time. As with most thinks styles change and it is very hard to find. The mark on the bottom of the glass is a common glass maker so I but none of the stores or backage liquor stores carry it currenly around here.

2 1/2 years ago I bought an authentic Kline Copenetro made in the 1950's from Kenna Thompson. Everything including the glass was original. Check out the Word document I put together for the item.

As to replacement glasses, John Mendoza sold some time ago on ebay several glasses he had obtained in the 1960s from the original supplier of the etched glasses included on the original model. I bought two from him, so I have three original glasses for my Kline model. The original glasses were much shorter and perhaps wider. As mentioned they were beautifully etched with a design near around the rim.

Does anyone know who owns the manufacturing rights to Copenetro, now that Hank Lee is not in business?

If Hank did not sell or transfer the rights he still owns them, whether or not he is still in business. Contact him.

Is Hank out of jail yet?

Hi guys
i picked up a copenetro (round base) but did not get the instructions. could one of you nice folks
scsan a copy and email it to me or pm me. wcz"at"exit109.com
thanks in advance

Viking magic/collectors workshop is manufacturing a copentro and I have to say it is beautiful work of magic. Check out www.vikingmagic.com