The problem with that is that finding those kinds of skilled tradesmen is not so easy in this epoch of cheap and disposable. I'm not even certain we have a real locksmith left in Baton Rouge.
You may be pleasantly surprised. As long as there are landlords and last wills and testaments, there will be real locksmiths. And making an uncomplicated key from the age of steam was a bagatelle for the guy I went to. The lockworks on your box look to be of the same basic design and age as the one I had finagled.
