Just because ONE guy used a soft bag and got away with it doesn't mean that many others did the same thing and didn't get a busted keyboard out of it...

You wouldn't ship it UPS in a soft bag, would you...? Same story on a plane.

Talk to a local PA rental place. They may have an ATA case that would work.
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