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Post by John on May 26, 2004 20:50:16 GMT -5
Hey All, I just recently came across an old ornate antique brass Ritz spinner fan with a lower canopy. I found it in the basement of a house that was donated to my church, which is currently being used as a "coffeehouse" where I get together with my cronies every Wednesday night. The fan was replaced by a Harbor Breeze Builder series. I'm working on claiming that Ritz fan and putting it to good use.  |
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Post by Farah on May 28, 2004 19:46:32 GMT -5
Hey that's really neat! I hope you get the fan!  ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2004 22:16:17 GMT -5
Ritz spinner with lower canopy? I've never seen one. Must be from the later (80s) line of Ritz, that used the different logo (the word RITZ with many lines making up each letter). Anyhow, I've love to see some photos. Where does it say that it's a Ritz?
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Post by John on Jun 9, 2004 23:01:02 GMT -5
Ritz spinner with lower canopy? I've never seen one. Must be from the later (80s) line of Ritz, that used the different logo (the word RITZ with many lines making up each letter). Anyhow, I've love to see some photos. Where does it say that it's a Ritz? I finally was able to pick up the fan, and by the way it says RITZ on the lower canopy. I'm slightly convinced that it could be a Wing TAT. I saved its life and the antique brass finish has some signs of aging. I shall take some pics of it. |
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Post by John on Jun 9, 2004 23:01:57 GMT -5
Hey that's really neat! I hope you get the fan! ;D ...and I did, no harm done  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2004 11:49:36 GMT -5
I finally was able to pick up the fan, and by the way it says RITZ on the lower canopy. I'm slightly convinced that it could be a Wing TAT. I saved its life and the antique brass finish has some signs of aging. I shall take some pics of it. Congradulations. I've never seen a Ritz spinner fan, much less a Ritz fan that was labeled in such a manner you could determine the brand name while the fan was installed. A link between Ritz and Wing Tat is new to me. I've never seen a Wing Tat/TAT fan with any Ritz-like features. Both were made in Hong Kong so it is possible. Tat fans have a fairly distinctive upper canopy, so if your Ritz spinner has that same squared upper canopy, then a link is confirmed. But we all know the story. There are, and have always been, only a select few factories actually making these fans, they're just imported by different companies under different names. |
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Post by Farah on Jun 10, 2004 16:11:15 GMT -5
Hey did you put up the fan yet? And try to get some pictures of the fan i want to see what it looks like. 
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2004 17:52:39 GMT -5
Hey did you put up the fan yet? And try to get some pictures of the fan i want to see what it looks like. Needless to say (I hope) you can post them in the Yahoo Group. Also needless to say, I'd like to see them too. |
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Post by Andrew G. on Jun 10, 2004 19:59:56 GMT -5
A link between Ritz and Wing Tat is new to me. I've never seen a Wing Tat/TAT fan with any Ritz-like features. Both were made in Hong Kong so it is possible. Tat fans have a fairly distinctive upper canopy, so if your Ritz spinner has that same squared upper canopy, then a link is confirmed. Dan, do you know of a link between SMC and litex? I found an old antique brass litex sheffield fan NIB at a thrift/antique shop the other day and it had SMC blade brackets. I have a brass one. |
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Post by John on Jun 11, 2004 21:48:44 GMT -5
Hey did you put up the fan yet? And try to get some pictures of the fan i want to see what it looks like. OK, will do...I'm working on getting the fan up, and I will show it to you soon. It does have a light kit, but the globe was nowhere to be found. |
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Post by John on Jun 11, 2004 21:49:43 GMT -5
Needless to say (I hope) you can post them in the Yahoo Group. Also needless to say, I'd like to see them too. |
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Post by John on Jun 11, 2004 21:54:35 GMT -5
Needless to say (I hope) you can post them in the Yahoo Group. Also needless to say, I'd like to see them too. If you look under the Wing TAT gallery in the Yahoo group, the fan I recently acquired looks exactly like the ornate Wing TAT featured there. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2004 14:00:57 GMT -5
If you look under the Wing TAT gallery in the Yahoo group, the fan I recently acquired looks exactly like the ornate Wing TAT featured there. Really, that's really cool fan, I wish I'd bid on eBay when I saw it. Is it identical or just similar (blade shape, switch housing, etc) |
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Post by John on Jun 15, 2004 15:40:39 GMT -5
Really, that's really cool fan, I wish I'd bid on eBay when I saw it. Is it identical or just similar (blade shape, switch housing, etc) Thanks :)The blades on mine do not have cane, and the switch housing is not as long as the one shown in the yahoo gallery. Mine measures to be 46" in blade diameter, and is very heavy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2004 16:14:56 GMT -5
Thanks :)The blades on mine do not have cane, and the switch housing is not as long as the one shown in the yahoo gallery. Mine measures to be 46" in blade diameter, and is very heavy. Does it have the same ornate design on the motor? |
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