Definition of "organ-case" [organ-case]

• In organ-building, the external framework or structure in which an organ is contained. In churches and halls it is often highly elaborate and forms a prominent feature in the interior architecture of the building. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Simart, a handsome organ-case of the 16th cent., and a beautiful reredos on the high altar."
• "In this was represented in careful detail the design of the eastern elevation of the organ-case and the "return" stalls against the Arundel screen."
• "The little fellow went bent between the shafts and tugged; the little old woman's lean arms pushed against the organ-case; and the wheeled thing jolted on like that over the cart-ruts, along the drove and through the wide gate of an honest homestead."