| Project:
Magic Inventors In writing articles for The Wizards' Journal, I try to credit magic inventors when they are known. I have noticed that Harold Rice was very good about listing inventors of silk magic and silk gimmicks, but there is no searchable index available of his Silk Magic Encyclopediae, so I have decided to try to provide one. When this work is complete I will make it available, upon request, as an Excel file so that other magic authors can use it for research. I would appreciate being notified of any errors or ommissions. Please note that this is not the same as the index produced by Silk King Studios for the Rice Encyclopediae, volumes 1 to 3. That index is more complete, being a standard index in alphabetical order of the types of effects it contains. My inventor's index below omits a great deal of information from the encyclopediae simply because it does not have an inventor connected to it. |
Silk Magic Inventors- All are from Rice's Encyclopedia of Silks, Volume 1 - www.silkkingmagic.com
| Invention | Inventor | Page Listed |
| Silk Productions | ||
| Instanto Handkerchief Production | Joe Berg | Page 83 |
| Visual Silk Production | Prince Mendes | Page 84 |
| From a Lighted Match | U.F. Grant | Page 88 |
| From a Finger tip | Harold Rice | Page 89 |
| From a Paper Cone | Al Baker | Page 91 |
| From a Match Box | Bautier De Kolta | Page 96 |
| A Match Box Loader | Professor Edgar | Page 99 |
| From the Mysterious Tube | Manufactured by Thayer's | Page 101 |
| From a Fan | Charles Waller | Page 103 |
| From the Spectrum | Danar the Magician | Page 104 |
| From a False Finger *** | Carl Lyle | Page 106 |
| A Novel Silk Production | El Barto | Page 108 |
| From a Hidden Tube | Harold Rice | Page 111 |
| From a Flash Glass | Percy Abbott | Page 122 |
| Bare Hand Silk Production Clip | Percy Abbott | Page 123 |
| Ireland's Body Clips | L.L. Ireland | Page 124 |
| Rice's Flasho | Harold Rice | Page 124 |
| The Silk Winder | Harold Sterling | Page 125 |
| Rice's Nu Clip | Harold Rice | Page 126 |
| Abbott's Push Out Gimmick | Percy Abbott | Page 128 |
| Abbott's Silks at the Fingertips | Percy Abbott | Page 129 |
| Silk Production Supreme | Percy Abbott | Page 130 |
| Back Hand Production Fake | Alan Howell | Page 134 |
| Ligntning Silk Production | Percy Abbott | Page 136 |
| Nikko | Harry Kellar | Page 137 |
| From a Glass Tumbler | Glenn Gravatt | Page 142 |
| The Redhill Gimmick | Redhill the Magician | Page 146 |
| From Within the Trousers | Dr. E. G. Ervin | Page 153 |
| From Vested Cloth Tubes | Harold Rice | Page 155 |
| One to Three | W.C. Gardner | Page 157 |
| From a Special Bag | Jean Hugard | Page 158 |
| Production Supreme | Ed Wolff | Page 168 |
| Double Silk or Streamer Production | L.L. Ireland | Page 172 |
| Any Color Called For | Brunel White | Page 173 |
| Continuous Production of Silks at Fingertips | Parrish | Page 174 |
| Silks and Coins | Harold Rice | Page 178 |
| Apparatus Quantity Productions | ||
| The Mystery of the Seven Veils | Glenn Gravatt | Page 187 |
| Latest Water Tube | Percy Abbott | Page 190 |
| The Oblong Square | Percy Abbott | Page 196 |
| Improved Unbelievable Production Box | Percy Abbott | Page 200 |
| Temple Screen | U.F. Grant | Page 201 |
| Pivoting Wonder Cabinet | Herman Hanson | Page 205 |
| Tricky Tubes | Paul Stadelman | Page 207 |
| The Haunted Chimneys | Harold Rice | Page 208 |
| Buddah Tubes | Percy Abbott | Page 210 |
| The Transparent Tubes | Kattner Strothers | Page 212 |
| Silk-In-Tube | F.C. Haenchen | Page 213 |
| The Square Circle | Davenport | Page 215 |
| Improved Round Circle | Percy Abbott | Page 216 |
| The Enchanted Tubes | Charles Waller | Page 217 |
| Pop Silks | Harold Sterling | Page 218 |
| Page-O-Silk | Harold Rice | Page 224 |
| Silk Cascade | Percy Abbott | Page 226 |
| Abbott Silk Production Box | Percy Abbott | Page 229 |
| Productomazia | Solomon Stein | Page 230 |
| The Handkerchief Casket | Chicago Magic Company | Page 232 |
| Crystal Casket | Percy Abbott | Page 233 |
| Creative Silks | Petrie-Lewis | Page 234 |
| Cups of Plenty | Stewart Judah | Page 235 |
| Fantasia Production | U.F. Grant | Page 238 |
| The Tantalizing Tube | H.R. Hulse | Page 240 |
| The Devil's Newspaper | U.F. Grant | Page 241 |
| Prodo | Herman L. Weber | Page 243 |
| Streamer from Cigarette Pack | Willard S. Smith | Page 245 |
| Silk Butterfly Production | Eric C. Lewis | Page 246 |
| Stove Pipe Production | Harold Rice | Page 248 |
| See-Bee Silks From Magazine | Clarence Borts | Page 250 |
| A Small Production | Sherman Ripley | Page 251 |
| Closed Door Production | Robert K. Weill | Page 253 |
| Fish Bowl Production | … after Jack Gwynne | Page 254 |
| Silks From Newspaper | Frederick E. Sissenstein | Page 255 |
| A Magical Crystal Box | Len J. Sewell | Page 256 |
| Silks and Fan | Charles Waller | Page 257 |
| A Wooden Frame | Frederick DeMuth | Page 260 |
| Silks From Nowhere | Nelson C. Hahne | Page 261 |
| Tra Tube | George Ferguson | Page 262 |
| The Silken Lady | Harold Rice | Page 263 |
| Breakaway Phantom Tube | Francis B. Martineau | Page 266 |
| Flash Finale | Edmond Younger | Page 269 |
| Silks From Tube | P. H. Hollis | Page 270 |
| A Hat Load | Harold Rice | Page 271 |
| A Suspended Load | Harold Rice | Page 272 |
| New Organ Pipes **** | Dick Buffum | Page 273 |
| Frame and Easel | Larsen & Wright | Page 274 |
| Something From Nothing | Al Baker | Page 275 |
| The Triangular Room | John Mulholland | Page 277 |
| Silk King Production Box | Paul Stadelman | Page 278 |
| Magazine Production | Fred Mintz | Page 280 |
| Ghost Tube | Lloyd Chambers | Page 281 |
| Harbin's Production Box | Robert Harbin | Page 282 |
| Ace Production Box | Gordon M. Howatt | Page 283 |
| Instantaneous Productions | Harold Rice | Page 286 |
| A Novel Production | Gordon M. Howatt | Page 287 |
| Vanishes | ||
| A Master Vanish | Harold Rice | Page 290 |
| The Bautier Pull | Bautier De Kolta | Page 296 |
| The Elastic Pull | Jean Hugard | Page 302 |
| The Edgar Pull With a Fred Rickard Improvement | Edgar & Rickard | Page 303 |
| The Kenard Pull | Frank Kennard | Page 304 |
| The Glass Trick | Roy Benson | Page 306 |
| Visible Glass and Silk Vanish | Joe Berg | Page 308 |
| The Greer's Gadget | Greer Marechal | Page 309 |
| Goy's Vanish | M. Goy | Page 313 |
| Walsh's Vanish | Russ Walsh | Page 314 |
| Ultra Handkerchief Wand | Petrie-Lewis | Page 317 |
| Single Paper Cone | Harlan Tarbell | Page 320 |
| Two Way Paper Cone | Harlan Tarbell | Page 322 |
| Royal Paper Cone | Harlan Tarbell | Page 323 |
| A Silk Vanishes | U.F. Grant | Page 329 |
| The Utility Tube | Conradi | Page 330 |
| Triple Hank Vanish | Ellis Stanyon | Page 330 |
| Bare Hand Vanish | Frank Chapman | Page 333 |
| With a Changing Bag | Dale Williams | Page 336 |
| The Nickle Tube | Professor Hoffmann | Page 336 |
| The Improved Nickle Tube | … after Professor Hoffmann | Page 337 |
| Nickle Tube With Pull | Professor Hoffmann | Page 339 |
| Selective Hank Vanish | Haenchen | Page 340 |
| Close-Up Silk Vanish | Percy Abbott | Page 341 |
| The Triple Tube Vanish | John Braun | Page 342 |
| Wonder Cylinder | Percy Abbott | Page 343 |
| Twentieth Century Pistol Vanish | Percy Abbott | Page 344 |
| Comedy Vanishing Hank | Harold Rice | Page 346 |
| Repeat Handkerchief Vanish | Harlan Tarbell | Page 348 |
| Warlock's Repeat Silk Vanish | Peter Warlock | Page 350 |
| Improved Vanishing and Reappearing Silk | Ade Duval | Page 354 |
| Rice's Repeat Silk Vanish | Harold Rice | Page 356 |
| New Repeating Hank Vanish | Bert Douglas | Page 357 |
| Changes | ||
| Silk To Rose | Max Holden | Page 364 |
| Martineau's Cigarette to Silk | Francis B. Martineau | Page 365 |
| Walsh's Cigarette to Silk | Russ Walsh | Page 366 |
| Another Martineau Cigarette to Silk | Francis B. Martineau | Page 368 |
| Firefly | Samuel Berland | Page 369 |
| Robson's Cigarette to Silk | Stuart Robson | Page 370 |
| Ireland's Cigarette to Silk | L.L. Ireland | Page 371 |
| Spaulding's Cigarette to Silk | Spaulding | Page 373 |
| Martineau's Bouquet to Silk | Francis B. Martineau | Page 375 |
| Walsh's Cane to Silk | Russ Walsh | Page 376 |
| Cane to Two Silks | George Davenport | Page 379 |
| Cane to Three Silks | Francis B. Martineau | Page 380 |
| Silk to Cane | Francis B. Martineau | Page 381 |
| Cane to Streamer | Russ Walsh | Page 382 |
| Cane to Silk | Dr. Zina B. Bennett | Page 383 |
| The Silk Worm | Ellis Stanyon | Page 384 |
| Pipe to Silk | Joe Berg | Page 386 |
| Balls to Silks | Fred Culpitt | Page 387 |
| Silk From Playing Cards | Jean Hugard | Page 388 |
| Card to Silk | Jean Hugard | Page 390 |
| Billiard Ball to Silk | Jean Hugard | Page 391 |
| Silkworm to Silk | Collins Pentz | Page 393 |
| Flash Cigarette to Silk | Bob Hanko | Page 396 |
| Silks to Serpentine | Professor Hoffmann | Page 397 |
| Transpositions | ||
| Mercury Silk | Magini | Page 400 |
| The Hank That Flew | Ted Annemann | Page 401 |
| Silks and Cups | Joe Berg | Page 403 |
| Oriental Mats | Percy Abbott | Page 404 |
| The Goblin Tube | Petrie | Page 406 |
| The Depression Trick | Morrow | Page 408 |
| Selecto Silko | Frank Chapman | Page 410 |
| Repeat-It | Percy Abbott | Page 411 |
| Vanishing Silk Effect | R.C. Buff | Page 414 |
| A Flash Affair | Wilfred G. Jonson | Page 418 |
| The Flying Handkerchiefs | T. Nelson Downs | Page 422 |
| Double Flash Silk Mystery | Percy Abbott | Page 423 |
| The Metamorphosis | Messrs. Hamley | Page 424 |
| The Nested Envelopes | Professor Hoffmann | Page 426 |
| Simple Silk Sorcery | Oswald Rae | Page 429 |
| Selecto-O | Haenchen | Page 431 |
| Simple Silk Production Board | Len Sewell | Page 433 |
| The Decapitated Knot | Fred Culpitt | Page 434 |
| Silk Production Move | Ernest Castro | Page 435 |
| The Diminishing Silk | Eric Lewis | Page 436 |
| The Traveling Silks | William Larsen | Page 437 |
| The Little Green Bag* | Eric Williams | Page 439 |
| The J.G. Bag Trick | Judah and Grant | Page 440 |
| The Magicolor Tube | Henri Renaud | Page 443 |
| Balls and Silks | Stewart Judah | Page 446 |
| Transpo-Silko | Stewart Judah | Page 448 |
| The Flying Silk | Jimmy Flowers | Page 450 |
| Cameleon Colors | Harold Rice | Page 452 |
| Any Color Called For | Joe Berg | Page 456 |
| Silks and Bags | Magini | Page 457 |
| Silks and Bag Trick | Percy Abbott | Page 458 |
| Silk Transposition | Mark Jacobs | Page 460 |
| Rapid Transit Silks | Edward Bagshaw | Page 462 |
| Flight of the Colors | Francis B. Martineau | Page 464 |
| Nic's Napkins | Stanley Collins | Page 466 |
| Opening With a Bang | Christopher Charles | Page 469 |
| Card and Silk | Anthony Ross | Page 470 |
| Hank the Hermit | Lorne De Blois | Page 471 |
| Match-It | Stewart Judah | Page 472 |
| Mutilated Parasol ** | Page 478 | |
| Sunshade Blendo | Kolmar | Page 479 |
| Changing of the Colors | Bert Douglas & Arnold Belais | Page 482 |
| The Spectral Seamstress | Charles T. Jordan | Page 483 |
| The Jumping Silk | R.D. Spraker, Jr. | Page 485 |
| The Three Little Pigs | R.D. Spraker, Jr. | Page 487 |
| Comedy Transposition | Harold Rice | Page 490 |
| The Absconding Queen | Roy Clifford | Page 493 |
| With a Card Silk | R. Gayton | Page 496 |
| Ching Soo Firecracker | Petrie-Lewis | Page 498 |
| The Transpo Silk | Gordon M. Howatt | Page 501 |
| The Silks of Trian Foo Lun | Gordon M. Howatt | Page 503 |
| Rice's Rapid Transposition | Harold Rice | Page 505 |
| Smart Silk | Raymond Beebe | Page 507 |
| The Ghost Ring | Larsen & Wright | Page 509 |
| A Wand and Silk Routine | Dr. E. G. Ervin | Page 511 |
| Matches and Silk Routine | Rudy Roxo | Page 512 |
| The Wandering Handkerchief | Harlan Tarbell | Page 514 |
| Color Blind | Silverstien & Dart | Page 516 |
| Silk Mystery | Devlin | Page 518 |
| * This is probably the precursor of all of the color changing bags from Spotty to the latest costume bag props. | ||
| ** Rice lists the creator as unknown. The Inventor of the self-contained version was probably Lewis Davenport. | ||
| *** The routine is listed as the creation of Carl Lyle (perhaps Carlyle?). The False Finger was invented by Charles Morritt. | ||
| **** Many of the above tricks are based on principles of concealment established by the original Organ Pipes, created by Antonio Molini (of Austria.!). | ||