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One of my colleagues has an Elna Contessa 400. Music Collector Pro Serial. Elna Contessa's are not exactly my favourite machines but that does have something to do with the fact that ours has a 'pot' metal part, which has disintegrated leaving the machine useless. This one had a seized bobbin-winder and to be honest, I suspected the worst and thought it too, would disintegrate on me. With plenty of oil and a lot of nail bitingly brutal force however, it freed up and is now working fine.

Originally my colleague wanted me to sell it and get her another but on my advice decided to keep the Elna when the bobbin-winder was freed. From what I could see this machine had metal cams and gears and was in very good condition, although very dry. I told her that she would not find a modern machine with either of those attributes.

I'm an Australian lady who loves sewing machines, sewing and photography. Many of the sewing machines shown, discussed and used on these pages are from my collection, which is now over 30 machines strong! In my day-to-day life I am a volunteer dogsbody and a student. This blog will focus on all three of my listed interests but there will definitely be off topic things as well! I will happily answer any sewing machine enquiries that I can, email me. Please do not re-use any of the images shown here without my permission.