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KingFrog.., Let Yamaha start putting plastic cases on their top end synths and watch how fast people start complaining about how easily it is to damage them on the road. Sure.., plastic does have a great benefit.., and that's a decrease in weight.., but put a platic shell on a synth that costs over $3,000 and consumers will go nuts. I don't see metal pro keyboards trading for plastic anytime soon. Maybe if the plastic was Kev. inforced
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I agree and I said I yearn for the day when Metal is not a selling point. I don;t see any advantage to iron cases. I am sure shock transmission is not absorbed as well as with a plastic case. So the whole "protection" thing escapes me. Now if they want to claim less noise due to better grounding....I might buy that. The PSR900 is way over priced as far as I am concerned because if nothing else it's key bed is horrific (and this from a self taught player) In that regard Yamaha is failing their customers, But the keyboard operation and sonic quality easily overcomes the limitations of the keybed....

I have never had a customer complain about not having a heavy metal case though.....In fact quite the opposite. they are pleasantly surprised at how light the board is.!!!
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