I own a Pfaff and Bernina. My local Pfaff dealer discouraged me from buying the new Pfaff because the quality of the machine has gone down so much because of the merger with Singer. Also, he siad it's very difficult to get the parts. He had been on hold with Pfaff for 45 min just trying to order a part. He said this is common practice now with Pfaff. He was very discouraged. Now, about the Bernina. When I was in the Bernina store, the repairman man told me that certain models of Bernina will now be made in China. He said the 440 series would now be made in China. He said if I was interested in that model, he still had 3 that were made in in Switzerland. Also, some of the new less expensive models are made in China.