13 September 2012

. . . two weeks later . . .

. . . mr. bernina repairman called . . .
. . . the verdict? . . .
. . . let us have 
a moment of silence 
for the one on the left . . . 
. . . $400 to fix 
a 29-year-old serger 
would, apparently, 
be throwing good money 
after bad . . . 
. . . but, the good news is . . . 
. . . the one in red is alive and well . . . 



. . . complete with test stitches 
on muslin . . .


. . . and new felt spool cushions . . . 
. . .which, as you can see, 
had been missing 
for quite some time . . . 


. . . what you don't see 
are the new motor brushes, 
which had, over the past 33 years, 
worn down to nearly nothing . . . 

. . . what you don't hear 
is the chewing out i got 
from mr. bernina repairman . . . 
. . . "don't you ever go that long 
without service again" . . . 
{it had only been not quite three years}
. . . "you ran this machine 
practically dry" . . . 
. . . "never take this machine anywhere
 but a bernina store" . . .
{whoopsie!} 
. . . "tsk tsk tsk" . . . 

. . . i felt like a scolded child . . . 
. . . he also recommended 
that i cover the air intake vent 
for a little while . . . 


. . . with a warning 
of possible black specks 
from the new brushes . . . 
. . . "yessir" mr. bernina repairman . . . 
. . . "how do you feel about 
a piece of old dishtowel 
and blue painters tape?" . . . 


. . . i have to say 
bernie seriously is sewing 
like a million bucks . . . 


. . . but for a much lower price . . .
. . . thanks, mr. bernina repairman ~ aka Len . . .  


1 comment:

Peg and Parker said...

Had a servicing done just about the same time as you did on my workhorse Bernina, and while I didn't get the lecture this time, I have received the scolding earlier and I can say the feeling was less than pleasant. The good news is the machine is humming again and with every service, I am a little bit better at doing "my job" Len's way. I can say that he does awesome work and might be worth the finger-waving. Glad Bernie is home and healthy again.