Thanks Janey, in the meantime my husband fixed it. Although the machine is very clean (especially compared to how mine always looks-lol) it needed OIL bad. He removed the top cover and oiled everything. It works/runs so good! Of course, I've been playing on it. I told my husband I am going to tell her if she ever gets rid of it, I want it-lol Thanks for the other info. She probably still has all her books but if not, I will give her these links for it.