Albus tactfully decides it is safer to keep his musical opinions to himself for now.
"I believe you are right in not offering hope of a chance unless certain the chance exists," he nods, think very charitable indeed, "but our host also has a point. Having, obviously, not been there recently myself, I don't know what her current state is...has she been asked if she'd been willing to work for any home again? Or is she even capable of doing so? I simply ask because the last time I saw the elf in question, my conclusion was that it was rather a lost cause. But again, that was in my reality."