;- THE AMICA NEWS BULLETIN OF THE AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTORS' ASSOCIATION NOVEMBER 1978 VOLUME 15 NUMBER 9 INTERNATlONAL OFFICERS CHAPTER OFFICERS PRESIDENT Bob Rosencrans 36 Hampden Rd. NO. CALIFORNIA Upper Darby, PA 19082 Pres.: Howard Koff Vice Pres: Phil McCoy VICE PRESIDENT Sec. David Fryman Bill Eicher Treas.: Bob Wilcox 465 Winding Way Reporter: Stuart Hunter Dayton, OH 45429 SO. CALIFORNIA Pres.: Francis Cherney SECRETARY Vice Pres.: Mary Lilien Jim Weisenborne Sec.: Greg Behnke AMICA MEMBERSHIP RATES: 73 Nevada St. Treas.: Roy Shelso Rochester, MI 48063 Reporter: Bill Toeppe Continuing Members: $1 S Dues TEXAS New Members, add $S processing fee PUBLISHER Pres.: Haden Vandiver Tom Beckett Vice Pres.: Bill Flynt Lapsed Members, add $3 processing fee 681 7 CI iffbrook SeclTreas.: Charlie Johnson Dallas, TX 75240 Reporter: Dick Barnes MIDWEST MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY Pres.: Bennet Leedy (New memberships and Vice Pres .. 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A 32 Volt Steck D/A 186 ROLLS & MUSIC 188 Studies for Player Piano- Nancarrow 189 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 193 FEATURING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 194 AMICA .. TEXAS 195 MIDWEST 196 WILLIAM KNORP BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY CAROLE BECKETT Conrad V.