Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 30, 2015 0:31:28 GMT -5
I'm pretty late at posting this. I got this fan in early January. It was free on Kijiji, very local to me.
It's the smaller version of the 4 Saisons Victorian. Here's my larger 132 cm one in comparison that I got a while back in September 2009. This is one of the many variations of this model in 107 cm that was made. Prior to this one there was a version with that looks exactly the same as this one but with a flat double claw mounted canopy. Sometimes the shape of the switch housing can differ from a long flat design to a smaller more rounded one or to this one. This version have the wide chunky switch housing with the two offset pull chains. On the two other types of switch housing, the pull chains are placed one in front of another one. The larger antique brass linked above have a switch housing smaller in diameter with a more rounded switch cap with the pull chains facing each others. Other than this classic ball & socket canopy and the flat double claw mounted canopy there was also the more contemporary ball and socket canopy that screws to the mounting bracket by the top with sides screws like on my large one.
This one was made in 1985, the year that 4 Saisons seems to have made mostly polished brass fans and their last year using the very chunky parts with the big motors and wide tight wave cane blades. Some of you probably remember the later less chunky version made in 1986 and 1987 like the red one I gave to my sister.
To my great surprise I found out that this particular one is mountable with four or five blades. I prefer it with four blades like on most of fans but the 4 Saisons Victorian line is one of the rare fans I like almost as much with five blades versus four blades. The large antique brass one I have and the smaller red one are five bladed only but I remember that David Gadoua found brass 1987 107 cm model that were 4/5.
It's all complete with the original mounting bracket and tassels which is very nice for a free fan. The little ick is that the tassels are of two different yellow tones but it doesn't stand out that much. It's not like if one was white.
One of the reasons that made me postpone posting this fan is that three of the brackets were bent in different ways and theses type of brackets are very fragile and touchy to fix. They can break easily. One was overpitched, and two were either bent up or down. I've been able to make them more equal to one another but it wasn't easy.
The big motor that takes almost all the space inside of the housing. I haven't really compared them but I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same motor in my AB 1984 4 Saisons Victorian 132 cm.
As for the operation, the bearing are in good condition. The down side is that it has an audible hum for no apparent reason, particularly on low. This surprised me because most of the stationary housing 4 Saisons I came across were so far super silent.
The speeds I get goes around 60/120/200, almost exactly like my Craftmade Decorative of the same size. It seems a little slow considering the size of the motor but it blows a very good amount of air so it must runs on pitch rather than RPM which is unusual for a 4 Saisons but cool.
Here's the video:
It's the smaller version of the 4 Saisons Victorian. Here's my larger 132 cm one in comparison that I got a while back in September 2009. This is one of the many variations of this model in 107 cm that was made. Prior to this one there was a version with that looks exactly the same as this one but with a flat double claw mounted canopy. Sometimes the shape of the switch housing can differ from a long flat design to a smaller more rounded one or to this one. This version have the wide chunky switch housing with the two offset pull chains. On the two other types of switch housing, the pull chains are placed one in front of another one. The larger antique brass linked above have a switch housing smaller in diameter with a more rounded switch cap with the pull chains facing each others. Other than this classic ball & socket canopy and the flat double claw mounted canopy there was also the more contemporary ball and socket canopy that screws to the mounting bracket by the top with sides screws like on my large one.
This one was made in 1985, the year that 4 Saisons seems to have made mostly polished brass fans and their last year using the very chunky parts with the big motors and wide tight wave cane blades. Some of you probably remember the later less chunky version made in 1986 and 1987 like the red one I gave to my sister.
To my great surprise I found out that this particular one is mountable with four or five blades. I prefer it with four blades like on most of fans but the 4 Saisons Victorian line is one of the rare fans I like almost as much with five blades versus four blades. The large antique brass one I have and the smaller red one are five bladed only but I remember that David Gadoua found brass 1987 107 cm model that were 4/5.
It's all complete with the original mounting bracket and tassels which is very nice for a free fan. The little ick is that the tassels are of two different yellow tones but it doesn't stand out that much. It's not like if one was white.
One of the reasons that made me postpone posting this fan is that three of the brackets were bent in different ways and theses type of brackets are very fragile and touchy to fix. They can break easily. One was overpitched, and two were either bent up or down. I've been able to make them more equal to one another but it wasn't easy.
The big motor that takes almost all the space inside of the housing. I haven't really compared them but I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same motor in my AB 1984 4 Saisons Victorian 132 cm.
As for the operation, the bearing are in good condition. The down side is that it has an audible hum for no apparent reason, particularly on low. This surprised me because most of the stationary housing 4 Saisons I came across were so far super silent.
The speeds I get goes around 60/120/200, almost exactly like my Craftmade Decorative of the same size. It seems a little slow considering the size of the motor but it blows a very good amount of air so it must runs on pitch rather than RPM which is unusual for a 4 Saisons but cool.
Here's the video:
