You were probably told that the Tin Lizzie parts would work with 'everything' because Tin Lizzie made the longarm machines for several other brands (like Viking). The TL parts would work because under the other logos, the machines really were Tin Lizzies. I have a tin lizzie and my micro handles are not electronic. As far as the Artistic, I googled it and there seem to be several on line dealers including this one:........
http://www.thomassewing.com/shop/Lon...g-Machines.htm