Structurally, any kind of solid wood or sturdy plywood will do the trick.

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Its cherry veneer, framed with maple, is decorated with porcupine quillwork, more conventionally used to embellish hides or birch bark, not solid wood.

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Unlike many longboards, whose decks are made of plywood, the Funk Chubby line uses solid wood salvaged from local furniture companies, including Mr. Moyer's.

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As long as the base piece is solid wood or plywood, the only drawback to veneer is that it limits the number of times an item can be refinished.

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Including the EISA award-winning flagship A9 speakers that feature a solid wood finish and six Hi-Fi transducers, it's a range that's designed to appeal to the most discerning music lovers.

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Crafted with solid wood, this set of two loudspeakers features six Hi-Fi transducers and is at ease with any type of music, with a sound that is wide, clear and impressively deep.

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This is done so that body and repair shops throughout the world can figure out how Mulliner workers seamlessly fitted a DVD player into the rear headrest, or how the folding solid wood tables unfurl.

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She insisted on this part, and my father later backed her up: the magic was not just that the drum of a solid wood object without batteries rotated but that it did so only when unobserved, stopping whenever observed.

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