Effect
The Chinese Pigeon Production
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 16 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
A good flash and easy to perform.
Performer calls attention to a large easel-like structure with a frame at upper part. Two light frames with paper stretched across each frame, are then shown. One of these is placed at the back of the easel and the other in front. Magician thrusts his hands through the paper and produces a white pigeon. He then breaks paper still further and allows other pigeons to fly out.
Paper in frames is then torn away and easel shown to be unprepared as at first.
How it is done
The method, 39 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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