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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Pump Organ - Cornish & Co

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Cornish & Co

Subcollections

Musical Instruments

Historical information

Founded by Joseph B Cornish, the company was located on Hornbaker Street, Washington, NJ (USA), having bought out Dawes & Wyckoff in 1879.
These parlor organs typically featured carved wooden cabinets, pedals for pumping air into the bellows, and several stops (labeled buttons) for varying the sound.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2025.181

Item type

Musical instruments

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

"Cornish & Co Washington N J"

Contextual information

Cornish & Co pump organs were high-quality, elaborately carved reed organs produced in Washington, New Jersey, from 1879 to approximately 1921.

Keywords

Place made

France

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Tuesday, 27 January, 2026

Completeness

77

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