organ screen

American  

noun

1. an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.

2. a rood screen or the like supporting an organ.

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organ screen British  

noun

1. a wooden or stone screen that supports the organ in a cathedral or church and divides the choir from the nave

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organ screen

One centerpiece, the decorative multi-part organ screen that is in the Huntington’s collection, has been reunited with other components for the first time in more than four decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

On each side of the nave, reaching from the western door to the organ screen, were the galleries, erected for the spectators.

From Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood by Grace Greenwood

The distance from the inside of the west door of the cathedral to the organ screen at the entrance into the choir is 267 feet.

From A Guide to Peterborough Cathedral Comprising a brief history of the monastery from its foundation to the present time, with a descriptive account of its architectural peculiarities and recent improvements; compiled from the works of Gunton, Britton, and original & authentic documents by George S. (George Searle) Phillips

The next window is that over the great organ screen dividing the ante-chapel from the choir.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

An altar screen and organ screen, from designs by Carter, were erected; but neither seems to have possessed much merit.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting