I've got a good piano tuner

First of all, he's actually got social skills-- an amazing number of tuners are scarily odd people*. And he's really good at what he does. But here's the crown: this week I gave his name to the mother of a new student. I emailed the tuner: "I've given your name to BR. I hope you don't mind-- from what she says, it's probably an old beat-up piano, but the young student is very talented and I hope you'll do whatever you can to improve the instrument for him."

We spoke yesterday, and he told me he's not a piano snob, in fact he rather likes doing the junkers. "Anyone can tune a good piano. I enjoy the challenge of a troubled instrument, and love to help folks get more joy out of the old piano in the basement."

*I once worked with a tuner so determined to lecture me and show off his skills that I felt like I was being held hostage; I finally texted someone to call me and claim an emergency. However, if there was a man present in the room the tuner ignored me entirely, despite the fact that I was the client. (The church fired him, at my request.)