Nancy, When I first saw this machine on CL, I told my husband about it. He looked at me surprised and said Hitachi never made sewing machines. He had never heard of a Hitachi sewing machine. IF Hitachi did make sewing machines, it must have been for a very brief period.
He doesn't know of any other Hitachi company, and says most likely a Singer with Hitachi name on it. It does look like one of the Singers that we had compared it to; I just can't remember which one right now.
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