Brand new stage cases aren't cheap.

I've needed one for a Korg Poly 6 so I can safely courier it to a specialist repair technician
on the other side of the UK.

A new one would be approx a 3rd of the cost of the repair..

and no way can I afford either at the moment.

[yes.. I do know this is an old thread resurrected by who knows for whtever useless spam reason]