THX, it is wood and placed VERY carefully. To our Canadian neighbor I apologize for the "get it in the USA" comment re plywood. I don't know if Canada has plywood producers and if they do I AM SURE the quality is the same as south of the longest non-secured border in the world. I was referring to asian plywood which although may be made of exotic hardwoods ( teak/mahog' ) is NOT layed up with quality adhesive !