Circa 1880s Swiss Chalet Music Box. Condition is Used, but in excellent condition for its age. Musical Movement hidden in base of Chalet is in excellent original condition. The cylinder is approximately 8 inches in length and plays six different tunes upon activation by lever. It sounds loud and quite beautiful! This is without a doubt one of the nicest examples I have ever come across. Many of these have been restored and or are broken apart due to the delicate nature of the carvings. I believe it had one original owner that cherished it. It has a 30 hour mechanical clock in the steeple, that works perfectly, and it has the original skeleton key that opens the front of the Chalet to reveal the hidden drawer compartments. I assume the wealthy ladies of that period would place their valuable keepsakes in those drawers of which the red velvet lining still looks like new. Theres an original hand crank on the left used for winding the musical mechanism. This is a very large chalet approximately 28 inches in width. It took me years to find one this large and in this condition. This will not be applicable nor honored at the time of sale as this piece will require special crating, etc. Please examine pictures closely. If you want to hear this amazing Chalet, send written text to two o one eight o three four four two seven. The item “Large Swiss Chalet Music Box Circa 1880″ is in sale since Wednesday, May 1, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Decorative Collectibles\Music Boxes\Pre-1900″. The seller is “antiq-man” and is located in Ridgewood, New Jersey. This item can be shipped worldwide.