Abacus Card Prediction by Louis Paul Productions, George Kirkendall

The Abacus was first created by George Kirkendall c. 1977 and it is a novel and fun way to reveal a playing card.  Louis Paul’s version is perfection of course.  It not only looks great, with a clearly discernible final card production, but  it will last a lifetime.

You do need to force a card using your favorite method, but the routine is easy and entertaining.  When was the last time you saw someone pull out an Abacus to check their calculations 🙂

The whole outfit comes in a simple heavy-duty cloth carry bag.

Effect: An amusing and novel way to reveal a spectator chosen card after the audience is led to believe the trick has failed. From the mind of George Kirkendall (Reel Fame), comes this clever bit of comedy.

A card is chosen by a spectator and the performer states he will find it using his mathematical skills. After several cuts, shuffles, adding and subtracting cards by the spectator the card fails to show up where the performer predicted. To check his calculations, the performer produces a small (8” x 5”) Abacus (this always gets a laugh).

Sliding colored beads back & forth, the performer announces that his calculations were correct and here is the name of their card. With a sudden tilt of the Abacus, the name of the spectator card suddenly appears on the Abacus.

The beautiful wooden frame on the Abacus is crafted from 5/8” thick, quarter sawn sycamore. Sanded smooth as glass with a low luster glow finish. Exotic hardwoods such as Rosewood, Purpleheart, Wenge, Padauk is used for the corner splines to give the Abacus superior strength. Stainless steel rods and plastic beads complete this rarely seen prop. Comes with a heavy-duty cloth carry bag and a set of written instructions. You can be sure of the quality when you see the “LP” hallmark stamped on each one.

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