Am able to find ring and rope material galore, but am unable to figure out which book/dvd/etc has routines for a larger ring and where the rope(s) are tied into a circle. Mel Mellers' ring/rope routine has started me down this path.

Any info will be appreciated.

Aldo Colombini has lovely ideas in that area.

As magic.mind said, Aldo is a great place to start. Also look to performers like R.C. Collier, Jahn Gallo (NOT John Gallo), Ronald Dayton, Francis Tabary and Eric DeCamps. They all have excellent material and you should be able to find plenty of what you are looking for. Most, if not all of their material can be used with any size/shape of ring.

I recall seeing Jahn Gallo at a lecture several years ago and he included his ring and rope routine in the lecture. It was too long for my taste but I am sure that his dvd will give you lots of information. If his routine is too long then you will be able to cut out some phases easily. I agree that Aldo's routine is a good starting place.

Maek Leveridge also has a routine. You can see him perform the routine on his website. http://www.markleveridgemagic.co.uk/rcp.php

Yes, the Jahn Gallo ring and rope routine was designed for a full 12 minute performance using only those two items. The best part about it though, as philip tilston pointed out, is that like many routined effects out there, you can mix and match the parts and phases as you wish in order to fit your needs and your own routine.

Thanks everybody. Now to empty my wallet and fill my head.

Tarbell has a great move where the ring is shown on the rope, the rope is tied into a loop, the whole shebang is shown fairly to be linked, then, as quick as magic, the ring is free of the rope which is still tied into a loop. I think it's Tarbell 3 or 4.

Bill