Thanks everyone for all the complements. When my sister told me about her neighbor having to reduce her mother's collection I wasn't expecting to see a fiddlebase 12K (and in such great condition), so I jumped on that one. There was also a 221 featherweight but my sister claimed that one and my hubby kept looking at me shaking his head ........... one more machine was enough for him. But honestly, I only own 3 machines. The youngest being my 1982 Elna 500 electronic (Fanny's a workhorse), then I have a 1950 Singer 99 and now my 1881 12K fiddlebase (Tillie's her name now) I've been watching some Youtube videos and plan on taking her apart and cleaning her insides.