key desk

noun

A console that encloses a pipe organ's keys and stops.

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Meanings

nounkey desk (plural key desks)

plural key desks

  1. A console that encloses a pipe organ's keys and stops.

    The organ itself is divided into three divisions, — the organ or organ chamber, the key desk or console and the blower.

    1922, The Architectural Forum, volume 37, Billboard Publications, page 35
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