I am truly blessed, I have a guy just a mile down from me, and he has been a Singer guy for 55 years! He is retired and works from his home now, so his low overhead cuts his prices way down... and he is very knowledgeable! Between his partner and him, they work on anything. He loves that I am only in my mid-40s and have a working treadle... and use it :) and he's helping encourage my DD (13) to keep going, keep learning