organ house

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A building or room where a large pipe organ is kept and played.

   Grammar: Countable: say an organ house or the organ house; plural is organ houses.

   Patterns

   • the organ house
   • an organ house for something

   The old organ house beside the cathedral was opened to visitors last summer.

   Choir practice moved to the organ house because the church was being repaired.

   They restored the organ house before reinstalling the restored pipes.

2. 2nouncountablerare

   A firm that builds, installs, or repairs pipe organs.

   Grammar: Countable and usually singular with the; refers to a business, not a place.

   Patterns

   • work for an organ house
   • the organ house that built something

   She trained as a voicer at a small organ house in the north of England.

   The organ house sent two technicians to tune the instrument before the festival.

Word forms

Common combinations

a historic organ house

A historic organ house stands at the edge of the market square.

the organ house organ

The organ house organ was rebuilt in 1920.

visit the organ house

Tourists can visit the organ house on weekday afternoons.

the organ house workshop

Repairs are done in the organ house workshop.

Synonyms and how they differ

organ hall

More common for a concert room built mainly for organ recitals.

organ loft

Refers specifically to a raised gallery inside a church where the organ sits, not a separate building.

Word family

organ noun

The large keyboard instrument itself.

organist noun

The person who plays an organ.

organ builder noun

A craftsperson or company that makes pipe organs.

Commonly confused: organ house or organ house?

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