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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.


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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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

Both the organ screen and a large, 22-foot proscenium relief installed opposite are centered on stylized images of a tree of life — a globally resonant archetype prominent in countless cultures and eras, which the artist highlighted with bits of gilding.

From Los Angeles Times

The Choir and Succentor leave the Quire by way of the Organ Screen.

From BBC

All remain standing as the Ecclesiastical Procession leaves by way of the Organ Screen and the North Quire Aisle.

From BBC

A prodigious Art Deco organ screen carved in 1937 by Bay Area sculptor Sargent Claude Johnson is dominated by a stylized tree of life — a motif that echoes the vital tree standing tall in Duncanson's landscape.

From Los Angeles Times