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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Example Sentences

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

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 Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

From the organ screen to the altar screen, 117 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 Phillips, George S. (George Searle)

An organ screen intercepts the line of vision at the entrance to the choir.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

At the same time the order was given for the part of the organ screen towards the nave to be wainscoted.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)