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JOSEPH B. CORNISH CORNISH PIANO & ORGAN COMPANY, Washington, NJ Cornish Piano & Organ Company was established in Washington, NJ (they note on the internet in 1879) The Cornish Piano & Organ Company was a huge mail order house, selling their organs and pianos directly to consumers from the factory through elaborate sales catalogs, advertisements and word of mouth. They then would ship by Covered Wagon or by Train to the Consumer. The discrepancy in the established date of the company (1879) was noticed in the first Catalog distributed in 1890. Joseph B Cornish, founder states in The Cornish Plan, that they are willing to back up their product with a 25 year guarantee. They are confident because they have past clients with references of Piano's and Organs in the home that have been in use for 10, 20 & 30 years. This means that the Company must have been established cir 1860's. Accordingly, there is record by the Department of Interiors that The First United Methodist Episcopal Church is Warren County, NJ was rebuilt in 1825, rebuilt in 1856 and then finally the stadium seating and stone facade 1895, with the Organ, furniture, lecterns, pews, communion table and raised pulpit being saved from the prior two church buildings being built by Cornish & Co craftsman. Prior to was longtime Johnston Cornish the son of Joseph B Cornish was a Senator and has a Wikipedia page and it states that he moved with his parents to Washington, NJ in the 1870's from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. So, Joseph B Cornish must have started his business in Pennsylvania prior to moving to the Piano capital of the country. Later his Son Johnston joined him in the business, and by 1890 his so Joseph the 2nd. joined them now Claiming three Generations to the Cornish Piano & Organ Company. By 1910 Johnston become President of the highest quality cabinets offered in the World, with the best warranty and payment plan anywhere. This allowed anyone to be able to afford an amazing instrument whether it was for the home, parlor, lodge, church or school. Unfortunately in 1922 the Factory burned to the Ground never being able to recover.

United states Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 First United Methodist Episcopal Church, Warren County, NJ 1825, 1856, 1895

Antique Piano Shop Museum (online) The Reed Organ Society Wikipedia, The Pump Organ https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/warren-county/2016/05/mccrea_memorial_church_closes.html Closed after 133years opened in 1883 Pi