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--- coin:coin_rattle_gimmick [2016/11/23 10:41] – Pushed the locking box back further. tylerwilson
+++ coin:coin_rattle_gimmick [2017/06/28 16:57] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 The idea of having a small box containing coins, strapped to the wrist, to make a rattling sound, reinforcing the impression that the hand is full of coins just before their disappearance, had its start in the manipulation of small bells. A bell was attached to the inside of the magician's sleeve to aid in the effect of a second, openly-held bell traveling from one hand to another. This appeared in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/5119/Hocus+pocus+jvnior+The+anatomy+of+legerdemain+Or+The+art+of+jugling+electronic+resource/17|The Anatomie of Legerdemain]]// by Hocus Pocus, Jr., 1634, n.p. This proved to be a popular inclusion in conjuring texts up through the end of the eighteenth century.
-The late eighteenth century saw the rattle concept applied to boxes. A locking box is described in Henri Decremps's, //La Magie Blanche Dévoilée//, 1784, p. 22 of the English translation, that gives the magician control over the rattling when the box is being held by a spectator. Boxes of lesser complexity were being used as well; see Herman Boaz's simple rattle box in //The Juggler's Oracle//, 1820, p. 32. Dice cheats were also using the concept to add false rattle bottoms to dice boxes. As the cheat shook the box, other players would hear what they thought were the dice inside. In reality, the dice were held out in the hand under the box. When the box was turned over onto the table, the dice were loaded underneath with the predetermined sides up. This was detailed in Jonathan Harrington Green's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/12475/An+Exposure+of+the+Arts+and+Miseries+of+Gambling/176|An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling]]//, 1843, p. 91.
+T. Nelson Downs later adapted this idea for coin magicians, creating the Coin Rattle Gimmick. Downs published the workings of his prop in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/18111/Modern+Coin+Manipulation/117|Modern Coin Manipulation]]//, 1900, p. 111, under the title "A Modern Adaptation of the 'Rattle Box' Idea".
-T. Nelson Downs later combined the box and sleeve ideas into one prop. This has become the modern use of the gimmick for coin workers. Downs published the workings of his prop in //[[http://askalexander.org/display/18111/Modern+Coin+Manipulation/117|Modern Coin Manipulation]]//, 1900, p. 111, under the title "A Modern Adaptation of the 'Rattle Box' Idea".
   * [[http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?cat=630|Category in Denis Behr's "Conjuring Archive"]]
+Also see: [[misc:rattle_box|The Rattle Box]].
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