I have a Singer Featherweight (born in 1955) and a Pfaff Expression 2038 and a Bernina 440 QE. Will admit that the Featherweight does not get as much use as the two "modern machines", but I just love "Fern" (Featherweight) for her simplicity (not much can go wrong with these old machines), her outward beauty (I happen to like antiques that connect me with the past) and the perfect straight stitch I can always count on getting when I use my Featherweight for piecing. I like to bring Fern to quilt guild workshops/classes when I know that all I will be doing is straight stitching. Nothing like the soothing "hum" of a Featherweight, in comparison to the noise that modern sewing machines produce ....... sometimes it is just the therapy I need when I feel stressed.