Purplefiend: I really like the older Pfaff's. My daughter has my other one that I traded her for her older one. Right now it happens to be at my house because I borrowed it last year when my 5 year old Pfaff broke down 4 times in 3 weeks! Just went down and looked at it and it is a 1222E also. I believe it is about a 1990 model. So we probably have the same machine. It is unfortunate the new Pfaffs are not as good as the older ones. I traded my 5 year Pfaff in for a Brothers OC1000. Works great. I also have a Janome (12 lbs) Great little machine. Also made by Brother. I now also have a 1946 Singer FW I won as the grand prize in a quilt shop hop. The one thing I miss on my Brothers is the upper feed dogs. What other machines do you have