[HANASHIR:16127] question of clarification for the term "finders fee" re: song distribution

[Terri Rosenhouse <terri...>]

Hello,
I have a question re: the term "finder's fee". My collaborator and I have 
written some Jewish choral music that interest many; we are still in the 
process of finding a publisher and distributor. In the meantime, we have been 
asked by some choirs to sell our pieces to them and we have done so 
accordingly. As you all know, the printing and publication of music is a time 
consuming and costly project, so I offered the last interested choir permission 
to print out one of our pieces for a $40.00  check, given the hopeful 
understanding that printing rights would be limited to that choir. The choir is 
interested in that piece; but said that it would give us a check as a"finder's 
fee".Can anyone please tell me what this means? Thanks, Terri
terri (at) rosenhouse(dot)com 
Songwriter, Educator