An Elna---Mom still uses it! we used singer slant needles one year in home Ec---lots of girls sewed their finger on those darn things--the teacher had NO sympathy for us till she did it--next year there were no slant needles in the Home Ec room! I have had my Viking for 26 years not----it was used when I got it!also have a treadle that grandma sewed on, and several antique machines thatI use to keep them going!