Start with a nickel balanced on end on the bar.  If the nickel rolls put something on the bar to stop it.  I use a match.  I tried this with different coins but a nickel works best.  Next balance a match on the nickel Then put an empty pint glass upside-down over the nickel and match.

Tell your spectators to get the match off the nickel without touching anything and when they're done you want the nickel to still be standing.  No blowing under the glass no vibration as the nickel will fall.

Solution:

    Take a horsehair brush from the pool table rub it on your hair ( Is stale beer, cigarette ash, and cue stick chalk a beauty secret I don't know about? I think I'll stick to a plastic comb, It'll have the same effect on the match and a better effect on my hair) ,by static electricity ,as you circle the pint glass without touching it the match will turn like a compass until it falls off the nickel  Sometimes I've used three bar straws rubbed on my head to create static electric [charge].

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