Good morning. I have an assortment of machines including a 1974 Sears, a Baby Lock embroidery, a Gammill Statler Stitcher and my favorite, the Brother 1500. I purchased it about 1 1/2 years ago and find that is the machine I go to by choice, especially if I just need to make a quick repair on anything. I pd $1000 then and have seen that model at my local Barnes near Akron, Oh used for $599 and online for about that. Good luck and you won't go wrong with either.