Just want you all to know that currently I'm working on the long overdue part two of this project. I'm going to instead, make this a diary of sorts posting results as I go along. Finally after years of bellyaching about the noise I got ambitious enough to try to do something about it. It Simple, I wanted to come up with something that anyone could do without any special skills, tools, or materials. The only tools required are a scissors, ruler, and hot glue gun.
Materials are just as simple as the tools.
You can get buy with less than a 2x6 foot piece of carpet pad, however you may have to glue several pieces of pad together for the case main side. You might be able to find scraps for free. Click on photos for larger view. Cut the carpet pad into pieces that cover most of the large flat surfaces. Use a few spots of hot glue to secure.