I agree with everyone's comments, especially Monroe's suggestion to check out your local freecycle. A woman in our area posted an 'old sewing machine needs a good home' and I responded right away. She had a beautiful singer from the 60s that was the high end machine of it's time. It was in perfect condition with all the bells and whistles. She just wanted to be sure her mom's machine was going to be used since she didn't sew. I paid to have it checked out, runs great had the original manual, a bunch of stitch discs and a beautiful cabinet. If I felt comfortable doing my own maintenance, it would have been completely free.