The concept of the “Pass-Through Tube” is very old,
going back to the Organ Pipes and perhaps further back in time
than that. The first mention in print of the Organ Pipes is from
Professor Hoffman in Later Magic (1904). This e-Book
explores four new uses of the principle as used by Percy Abbott,
Edwin Hooper, Ken Savage, Ian Adair, and as adapted by me for new
portability and reduced weight when made from hardboard and duct
tape.
The main improvement to the effect, made over
time, was in reducing the number of tubes from around eight to
two, as in the Buddha Tubes of Percy Abbott, or to a single tube
and a box as in three effects by Edwin Hooper based on ideas from
Ian Adair and Ken Savage produced by Supreme Magic in the 1980's.
If you're looking for a prop that can be used to
produce livestock, at least three of these variations work for
producing animals from hamsters to dogs and everything in
between. All of them are fairly easy to make in a weekend from
hardboard and duct tape. Some can even be made from lightweight
foamboard, depending on the load you want to produce.
HDDTB2-10 $5.00
Buy all 10 articles of Book 2 of Jim
Gerrish's
"The Hardboard and Duct tape Magic Show"
