Dear April,
I'm so curious what your sewingmachine looks like!!Could you please post it on the site?
In the eighties I bought a Pfaff 1229, but about ten years later I thougt I had to change this fabulous tool for a computer sewing machine. How sorry I soon was! I missed the simple turning and pressing of buttons, and I stopped sewing altogether. A few years ago I bought back a Pfaff 1229. It looked used, and not quite so well looked after like I'm sure my own machine would have looked like if I had kept it...
But I was happy to find the old Pfaff back -which is very rare- and I'm a happy sewer again.
Conclusion: DO NOT EVER SWAP YOUR OLD GOOD SEWING FRIEND FOR A DAZZLING LOOKING YOUNGER ONE!