Thanks!!! I don't have a Janome, but I have heard good things about them. This machine was made in Taiwan. I know when I was a little kid everything seemed to be made in Japan, I am not sure when that changed to Taiwan. I was born in 1962.
I will check out about the foot shank. I only have the one that came on that machine since I couldn't figure out if it was high or super high. I did get some cams to go with it, but I was afraid I would get the wrong foot.