Solving the TP Mystery

[Phillip Ford]

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>List:
>
>I have been trying to find out who TP is for about a month in order 
>to use his name in a Q&A column for the Journal, giving him proper 
>credit, and to seek his permission to do so. I have gotten one 
>response from him wondering why I wanted his name and nothing more.
>
>We at the Journal depend on contributors being somewhat forthcoming 
>in this regard; in this case, good material will just be deleted if 
>not attribitable. Thanks to everyone else who have been so helpful 
>over the years.
>
>Paul Revenko-Jones
>Assistant Editor, PTJ

Paul,

The most common, and usually the most generous, contributor in the 
list of contributors to any organization is the one named Anonymous. 
I can understand that the Journal is interested in its sources, but 
isn't it common for magazines to print input from contributors not on 
the staff with the moniker 'Name Withheld by Request'?  I can see 
that if the input was potentially libelous or slanderous then you 
wouldn't want to print it without being sure who was saying it.  But 
if it is technical information, the only liability would seem to be 
that the information could be incorrect, which is also a danger with 
information provided by a named contributor.  Presumably, someone on 
the staff has decided that it is worthwhile input or they wouldn't 
want to print it in the first place.  As one of my clients (who is an 
excellent pianist) once said to me when referring to piano work, 
piano technicians, and their common tendency to think that they walk 
on water, 'I don't know anything about working on pianos myself, but 
I know b---s--- when I see it'.  Shouldn't we, who supposedly do know 
something about working on pianos, be in a better position to make 
that same judgement?  Personally, I'd rather have a valuable 
contribution from an anonymous contributor, than BS from a named 
contributor.

Respectfully,

Phil Ford


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Phillip Ford
Piano Service and Restoration
1777 Yosemite Ave - 130
San Francisco, CA  94124
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