<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Lynn, <p>I service a 1973 Estey console which has both case ends made of molded plastic.  So it's been tried at least partially. <p>Regards, Clyde <p>Lynn Rosenberg wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> <font size=-1>I know that they have used plastic in cars.  I wonder if we'll ever see molded plastic piano cases?? Then the price might really go down and probably quallity.  Lynn</font></blockquote> </body> </html>