Post by Jean Lemieux on Dec 4, 2018 20:27:16 GMT -5
Last September, a neighbor threw this brass Nadair Opéra. Late 1980, early 1990's Nadairs are a little contemporary for my taste but knowing how good quality they are and how good they look in their brass versions with high gloss oak blades I thought I could not let it be trashed as it's such in good condition too. It only needed a good cleaning and removing the oversized chandelier. It's one of these chandeliers with clear smoked panels and candelabra light bulbs that was very popular on fans in the mid to late 1980's. They look good on their own but I hate them on fans. I found so many 1980's fans with light kits of this style on them. As you can see this particular model has this rare and unusual integrated light kit pull chain similar to Casablancas. I could removed the 3rd pull chain but I decide to leave it as it looks nice with three pull chains and it has all the original Nadair pendants.
It came all complete with the original mounting bracket. The only thing that I had to fix was the lead wires that have been cut short. Some of the brackets are bent in different ways but surprisingly it doesn't wobble on any speed so I didn't risked breaking them.
The finish on the blades is gorgeous and in very good condition. Notice how it has the particularity of having a gold painted motor to match better the brass finish.
Other than a loud hum on high it works very well and is powerful as Nadair of this style usually are.
Here it is in motion. Listen carefully to the hum on high speed. It's quite impressive. RPM estimation: 70/135/200
It came all complete with the original mounting bracket. The only thing that I had to fix was the lead wires that have been cut short. Some of the brackets are bent in different ways but surprisingly it doesn't wobble on any speed so I didn't risked breaking them.
The finish on the blades is gorgeous and in very good condition. Notice how it has the particularity of having a gold painted motor to match better the brass finish.
Other than a loud hum on high it works very well and is powerful as Nadair of this style usually are.
Here it is in motion. Listen carefully to the hum on high speed. It's quite impressive. RPM estimation: 70/135/200
