Master Illusionist Floats a Real Playing Violin all around himself without using any visible means of support!!!
#34 The Floating Violin Illusion
Uses these Magical Procedures: Special Props, Misdirection, Background Music
The trick is done with a specially made light-weight, Violin... it has a hidden spring mechanism which can be quickly attached to the bow, and which will cause the bow to move back and forth as if it is playing music... but of course it is not!
The Illusion is done under the cover of the large cloth by utlizing a method similar to the Famous ZOMBIE FLOATING BALL ILLUSION... which uses a stiff wire holder, held in one hand and has a quick connector mechanism at the other end, which connects to the underside of the balance point of the Violin and which can allow the Violin to rotate, as it connects just slightly off center of the Violin's center of gravity!
SEE ILLUSTRATION: Click Here which shows how the Zombie Method Works!
Near the end of the Illusion, when the Magician's cloth is next to his upright floor stand, he quickly swings the Violin behind the stand into a sort of bag or pouch which holds it... then he proceeds to move forward on the stage, then throws the cloth up, to show the Violin has vanished, still retaining the stiff wire holder on his person!
At the very end a second duplicate, mechanized Violin travels to the front of the stage, where it "Takes a bow"... it has a small remote controlled mechanism within, actuated by an assistant!
Great care must be exercised to PRACTICE beforehand so that all action
seems "natural" to spectators...