I have to laugh. I have a serger that I use every so often and I had it in my head it was a Brother. So when I looked to find the model for you, it turns out it is a Pfaff. I used to work on a Brother and had very good luck with it. I can't remember the model though. My Pfaff wasn't as expensive as $1200 - 1400... My serger is several years old, so I'm sure they have really fancy ones now.