Greg, I have often found samples in clients own homes as an example of open vs closed grain. Most people have both types of oak in homes. If they have a cabinet,old desk, shelves (furniture) etc. most times this is an open pore (grain) finish. Oak floors and most chairs, tables etc. would have closed pore (grain) finish. Also keep in mind that many furniture manufacturers are using catalyzed finishes. Bob Flexner has written many excellent books which are pictorial references. Hope this helps. Gerry Cousins,RPT West Chester University of PA -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Greg Newell Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:44 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] finish question Does anyone have pictures (digital) of the difference between open grained finish and closed grain finish. I’d like to email some to my customer to show the difference. Thanks! Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté www.gregspianoforte.com 216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091027/50a3e2c9/attachment.htm>
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