I've known Mike since we were kids (it was him that convinced me to try out for the Crossmen and me that convinced him to try out for BAC) and he's a beautiful human being. If you aren't aware, read what he's done for New Orleans musicians several times over the last few years: http://offbeat.com/2010/06/01/horn-adjustments/
For anyone who doesn't know Mike but may have attended DCI 2001 finals, he's the guy that proposed to his girlfriend on the field that night. They now have two young children. When his daughter was born, Mike's Facebook profile photo was a photo her in the the hospital cradle with a tiny Bb French Horn laying on it. For the birth of his son, he repeated the stunt with a little soprano trombone.
I send him all my trombones when they need repair. A few years ago I sent him a 1956 Conn 6H that had been in my family since the early 1960s. While it played well, the lacquer was totally gone and it looked terrible. He sent that thing back looking like a brand new horn.