PURPOSE: To honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the
development of the field of mechanical music and the enjoyment of the same.
This contribution can take a number of different forms:
As a performer
whose performance is recorded on rolls,
As an arranger of
music for mechanical instruments
As a technician
actually making the rolls, or designing and/or making the machinery to make
rolls,
Creating mechanical
music instruments,
As a historian,
researching, writing, and preserving the history of mechanical music and its
performers,
As a restorer and
preserver of mechanical instruments,
Anything else that
the committee deems significant.
MEMBERSHIP: Members will be selected by the following process:
Members will be
selected by the Board of Directors from candidates submitted by the
Executive Committee.
Candidates may be
proposed by letter or e-mail, stating their qualifications, by any chapter
or five members at large.
All current
Honorary Members are automatically members and those living will continue to
receive the Bulletin and retain all privileges of Honorary Membership.
All others who meet
the above qualifications and are not currently commercially active may be
considered, whether they are members of AMICA or not.
There will be no
more than two new members per year.
New members will be
recognized at the Annual Meeting and presented with a suitable certificate.
They will not receive a free Bulletin but will be allowed to attend (at
their own expense) the annual convention even if not AMICA members.
AMICA Members
can view Historic Video of our Honor Roll Members. 
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