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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 11, 2015 19:16:34 GMT -5
Here are the first sightings of 2015. These are pictures of Paroisse Sainte-Suzanne, the church where I was baptised. I haven't been inside it in a long time. They are five late 1970's fans in it. It's a late modern church that was built in 1964. I didn't remember what the fans were exactly, I just remember they were some fans in it. I didn't just took pictures of the closeups of the fans because I know some of you like to see the ensemble with the fans. The church did not changed much other that the adding of split air conditioners. I thought the fans could have been an early version of the Banvil Red Line but the line around he motor is not red or orange and I've been able to see an orange and blue sticker on the lower canopies of some of them that looks a lot like a 4 Saisons logo. I know that before 1980, 4 Saisons fans were made in Hong Kong instead of Taiwan. All the fans are the same except one in the middle. the fans have always been dusty like this. I'm glad I had my long zoom camera, the fans are about 18-20 meters above the floor. Starting from the autel with the stone wall moving towards the front of the church with the stained glass: Fan no. 1 Fan no. 2 Fan no. 3, the different fan shown from two different angles. This one has a flat motor with a circle in the middle. It's the first time I see this version with three blades. Philippe have once seen one before but not me. It's just like some of the four blade equivalent I've posted of before but with three blades. The four blades equivalent are 4 Saisons from 1979. I've been able to see the 4 Saisons sticker on the lower canopy of this one with the zoom of my camera. Fan no. 4. I saw the orange and blue 4 Saisons sticker on the lower canopy of this one too with my zoom. Fan no. 5 I know the existence of a four blade equivalent also 140 cm as the four other ones with the more pointed motor and small cap at the bottom but they are very rare as four blades fans with this motor around here. The one that is different in the middle, I've usually seen it as a four blade model before. It's still not a common model either. On pages 13 and 32 of this thread you can see the four blade equivalent fans to fan no. 3 that I've posted before.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 14, 2015 22:53:27 GMT -5
Great sightings to start off the year! Do they ever run these fans anymore? You must have some really good zoom on your camera to get that close up.
And what a beautiful church! Do you have any more pictures of the inside of it?
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Post by Farah on Jan 14, 2015 23:21:11 GMT -5
Very nice fans you have there. Are they are running the fans anymore.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 15, 2015 3:01:47 GMT -5
Great sightings to start off the year! Do they ever run these fans anymore? You must have some really good zoom on your camera to get that close up. And what a beautiful church! Do you have any more pictures of the inside of it? Thanks. I didn't remember exactly what were the fans and from far they look like they could be a lot of things. I was happy to see with my zoom that they are pretty old and not so common fans. The few times I've been there I never saw them on and with the split air conditioners they added, they probably use the even less. I use a Canon SX50HS. No, those are the only pictures I took. I often don't take the fans in their ensemble but only closeups.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 15, 2015 3:04:34 GMT -5
Very nice fans you have there. Are they are running the fans anymore. I've actually never saw them on and and since a few years they now have air conditioners so I would imagine they don't use them much anymore.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 17, 2015 12:01:44 GMT -5
Thanks. I didn't remember exactly what were the fans and from far they look like they could be a lot of things. I was happy to see with my zoom that they are pretty old and not so common fans. The few times I've been there I never saw them on and with the split air conditioners they added, they probably use the even less. I use a Canon SX50HS. No, those are the only pictures I took. I often don't take the fans in their ensemble but only closeups. It seems like all the fans everywhere are being replaced by air conditioners now. That's a really good camera! It depends on where I am taking pictures of the fans, if it were somewhere like here where the surroundings could add to the install, then I'd take wider pictures. If it was in someone's house say, I would only take close to the fan as to not invade their privacy.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 18, 2015 22:48:34 GMT -5
Thanks. I didn't remember exactly what were the fans and from far they look like they could be a lot of things. I was happy to see with my zoom that they are pretty old and not so common fans. The few times I've been there I never saw them on and with the split air conditioners they added, they probably use the even less. I use a Canon SX50HS. No, those are the only pictures I took. I often don't take the fans in their ensemble but only closeups. It depends on where I am taking pictures of the fans, if it were somewhere like here where the surroundings could add to the install, then I'd take wider pictures. If it was in someone's house say, I would only take close to the fan as to not invade their privacy. Yes, that's pretty much the same that I do too.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 18, 2015 23:03:12 GMT -5
Here are some more. This is funny here. In the Bureau en gros store at Place Versailles mall in the east of Montréal, they are six Banvil Gold Line, all of them with Bronze Line blades. Two were spinning on a fast low and the rest were off. The largest wave of these stores in Québec opened in the mid 1990's. I had never been in one with dropped ceilings, usually I see exposed ceilings in these stores with Canarm CP56. One of the fans. Another one. A local grocery store have around 5-6 Canarms CP36. It used to be a Provigo and about a year ago it was converted into a Maxi. They changed the light fixtures when converting it but they kept the same fans. The original location opened in the mid 1990's, maybe slightly earlier. This is in a local church that I never been to before. It's another late modern church. This one is from 1963. There's three early 1990's Canarms 140 cm above the balcony where the chorus sings. The rest of the church doesn't have fans. It's funny how it has three fans concentrated above the balcony but no fans above the nef (nave?). It's a very cute and cool symmetrical installation. Theses earlier Canarms do not have lines on the blades the blades are slightly skinnier than the current ones but the curve seems a little bit more pronounced. The motor seems slightly more thick and have a big gold line in the middle cutside of the motor. Fan no. 1 Fan no. 2 Fan no. 3 Enjoy!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2015 9:16:39 GMT -5
Gold Lines + Bronze Line blades = weird.
A lot of churches JUST have fans over the balcony. Their reasoning is that the balcony gets so much hotter than the rest of the church. I find it odd as well.
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 20, 2015 2:44:35 GMT -5
Yes I knew you would find that weird. I didn't even know the Bronze Line blades could fit the Gold Line motor. It must spin very fast on high. Silver Line blades on a Gold Line motor must look nice though.
Yes, that's what I figured about fans over the balcony.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 20, 2015 10:11:51 GMT -5
Very strange about the Goldlines, even if there were Bronzelines there before hand I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't want to replace the blades as well.
While I don't understand a 36" fan in a large grocery store, I like those Canarm CP-36s. Do they ever run them? They look pretty clean.
The church install isn't odd to me at all, a lot of churches have either more fans or only fans over the stage. Were there any fans there before these when the church was originally built?
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Jan 21, 2015 17:02:24 GMT -5
Apparently some Banvil fan parts can be ordered separately so I'm thinking the Gold Line blades broke or got lost and they got those blades to replace or it's possible that a mistake was done when these fans were packed.
I see that a lot, small fans in large spaces. It's not the first time I post something like this. Yes, they use them. Two of them were on high when I went there.
I don't think they used to be more fans before because they are no traces on the ceiling of that but it was the first time I've been inside that church.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 26, 2015 8:48:15 GMT -5
Apparently some Banvil fan parts can be ordered separately so I'm thinking the Gold Line blades broke or got lost and they got those blades to replace or it's possible that a mistake was done when these fans were packed. Or, a dimwit ordered the fans and just bought the wrong blades
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Post by Jean Lemieux on Mar 11, 2015 19:02:18 GMT -5
Here are some pretty cool sightings for late February and early March. It's pretty diverse. A barber shop in downtown Montréal have one mid to late 1990's white Casablanca Four Seasons II 132 cm and a white Canarm Monet 107 cm with the triple murano light kit removed. Notice the holes left from the removed light kit. It seems that they really removed the light pull chain. At the central train station I noticed a new install. A set of two Banvil Bronze Line 140 cm installed above stairs painted in blue. There is another set to the right installed above another stairway. They were not there a few months ago. In a small restaurant that was closed for the night in the underground city below Place Ville-Marie, there's a white early to mid 1990's SMC hugger 107 cm always spinning even when it's closed. It seems to be another case of a model with the lights removed. It's common to see fans with light removed in commercial places. Normally it would have three mesh spot lights. I might return to get better pictures as it seems there another fan. Back in the west of the island in my area, two antique brass 1986-1987 4 Saisons Classic II 132 cm in a local paint store. I often see them spinning on high when the store is open. This one near the window has the speed pull chain broken. That's the one at the back. Again in downtown Montréal in a pizzeria that was recently renovated they put three Minka Aire Wave in the Koa finish. They used to have some kind of ugly Westinghouse or Hampton Bay. For once a place that is renovated for the better. I like these a lot more. They are very cool for something of today and from Minka Aire. It's cool to see that companies are trying different designs with the simple concept of a spinner with lower canopy. That's the one near the door. The one in the middle that was in front of me. The one near the back. In another restaurant next to that pizzeria are four white Nadair Designer's Choice 132 cm. I'm still not sure if the model name was Célina or Designer's Choice. They were sold for quite a while in many finishes as early as 1997 till the end in 2008. Enjoy!
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Post by Jordan U on Mar 13, 2015 20:38:11 GMT -5
I like the Casablanca Four Seasons 2. That Canarm is filthy, interesting picture angle for a sighting picture.
The Banvils look very well painted, did they come that way from the factory or did someone do that after they bought them?
I like the 4 Saisons Classic II too, I've always liked seeing this style fan in commercial places.
Those Minka Air fans are interesting. They look like they would be pretty powerful, but they're a bit modern for my style.
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