Sutz, Ian (Magic-Ian): Magic With a Steel Ball and Tube ©1982 Ian Sutz Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 28 pages ©1996 D. Robbins & Co., Inc.

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Comments: Small book of some useful ideas for embellishing the Steel Ball and Tube effect. Certainly not a must have, but the book is inexpensive.

Contents  (from book):

ii Preface: Some history and explanation of how Jeff McBride at the age of 14 inspired the book
1 The Steel Ball and Tube Illusion - Hypno Ball: A more thorough explanation of a simple routine using brass tube and steel ball; the steel overpowers the brass
2 Thumb-Palm Steal
3 E-Z Steal: reprint of EZ Magic instruction sheet, originally from "Sherm's" magic set
4 Mike Tannen Steal: Provides outer plus ball to spectator
4 Walter B. Gibson's "Get A Way": Needs table.
5 The Heat of Your Hand: As spectator heats the ball, it now fits inside the steel tube that it didn't before.
6 Squeeze Play "The Reputation Maker": Impromptu method, no steal required.
7 Chop Cup: Use tube as chop cup with M&M final load
8 False Take Off: Ball is taken off tube - actually dropped inside
8 The Mysterious Ball Bearing Trick: Advertisement from 1929 Johnson Smith Catalog for Brema Tubes
9 Drumhead Tube: Using as a drumhead tube
10 Magic Tube: Place silk in tube, wrap in paper, silk vanishes!
10 No. 145 Ball In Tube: Advertisement from Louis Tannen, Inc. 1940's
11 Dye Tube Vanisher: Silk vanishes from tube
12 Dye Tube Standard: Silk Color Change
12 Mystery of the Ball and Tube: Ad from Neson Enterprises, 1935
13 Multiplying Ball: Use two sets, ball can be removed and reappears
13 The Ball of Mystery: Ad from GAmages of Holburn, 1930's
14 Multiplying Ball Outdone - A Touch of Mint: idea for a "coin in bottle"
14 Flosso Hornman Magic ad, 1981
15 Three Balls in a Tube: use Vernon's three cotton balls move
16 Diminishing Ball: application of Thurston's "400 Tricks You can do" idea
17 Tube on String, Tube on Wand: Jardine Ellis Suggestion
18 Ball and Tube Vanish: Idea for using a "pull"
18 Vanishing a Dollar or Cigarette: more pulls
19 Rising Tube on Pencil
19 Grasp the Situation (Roy Fromer): Have spec try to remove partially lowered ball. He can't, you can.
20 Vanishing Thimble Move (Roy Fromer): Ideas for thimble moves
20 Abbott's Magic Ad
21 Chrome Tube from $1.00 bill (Roy Fromer): Dollar is rolled into a cylinder and a tube is found inside.
22 The Ball Tube (based on an idea by Walter Gibson): Method to eliminate inner tube
22 Fingertip Presentation of the Ball Tube: As above, but both tubes used
23 Improved Ball and Tube (Gibson): another "pull" idea
23 Ball and Glass Tube (Gibson): Use glass tubes, needs a little distance
24 Severtsen's Subtle Switch: When handed out, the ball is welded to the tube!
24 Test Tube Baby (Arty Seversten): ideas for explaining why the ball lowers and raises
25 Traveling Tissues (Roy Fromer, described by Walter Gibson): Red banded tube gets green silk, green banded tube gets red silk, They change places.
26 The Silver Silk Tube (Roy Fromer): Silks blown through tube come out knotted.
26 Grandmother's Necklace (Roy Fromer): Grandmother's necklace with two shoestrings
27 Magnetic Tubes: Tubes adhere to each other
28 Loads of Fun: discussion of various loads