My mom has an old Singer she has used since before I was born.{i'm almost 60, she is 86 and still sews} It's in a nice wood cabinet and has never been out of her house. She is a wonderful seamstress and has sewn for many people. She has been given other newer machines but, still prefers to sew on her Singer. I learned on that machine and after I was married and started my family, I bought a Singer in about 1974. I still have it, a Featherweight and a Baby Lock sewing/embroidery machine. I will probably be the one to get mom's machine when she can no longer use it. Out of the seven siblings in my family, I am the only one who sews.