Whenever you enter a restaurant or bar with a juke box you will notice
a colored paper stamp posted on the machine somewhere, possibly several
from past years.  That stamp means that the restaurant has paid an
ASCAP fee to have that juke box playing for patrons.  I doubt that it
is a huge amount of money or we would not see so many juke boxes.

Does anyone know how much this annual fee is now?  If they go by number
of songs in the machine or how may hours it is played, this would mean
that a band organ fee would be even less money than a juke box.

If you play the organ (or other mechanical instrument) out in public on
the street, it usually means that you must have a city or state permit
or license requiring another fee.  Some cities crank these fees way
high to prevent people playing on the street.  Others keep them low
to encourage music on the streets.

D.L. Bullock    St. Louis
www.thepianoworld.com