I have a Vendomatic sewing machine form the late '70s or early '80s. Still works like a charm. I still use it a couple of times per year to make/fix clothes or sew badges on my heavy metal jacket
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Does a "Red October" piano count?
I have a spring/crank music box stuffed animal from when I was born (several decades) that still sounds perfect.
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