Solving the TP Mystery

[David Love]

I say let him be anonymous if he wants, it's really only the contribution
that matters ultimately.  If the journal has a policy of not publishing
from anonymous contributors then it doesn't get published.  You can't force
an individual to divulge their name anyway.  If they want to truly remain
anonymous, they'll just make one up anyway.  Who cares?

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 5/16/2004 8:21:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Solving the TP Mystery
>
> Phillip Ford wrote:
>
> >
> > 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'?
>
> Thats true Phil... but said publications know the Name that is being 
> Withheld and agree to the withholding partially on that basis.
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >  
> >
> > Phillip Ford
> > Piano Service and Restoration
> > 1777 Yosemite Ave - 130
> > San Francisco, CA  94124
>
>
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