I have a pfaff 130 and my mother has a230 both have traveled around the world and continue to sew beautifully. They are certainly not featherweight machines, but they will sew just about anything from wedding dressing to drapery to ulphostery. the 230 was bought in Germany in 1952 and had its first wok done on it last Christmas. I bought the 130 off of Ebay a year ago, other than tension has been a problem after a rocker fell on it in our camper (my husband had put it on the floor in the living space) and the rocker which was not secured fell over on it. It sews ok but you have to fool with the tension. So far I have not been able to find a rteplacement part for it.