I happened upon this article in various Chicago newspapers.
An Aeolian pipe organ -- supposedly the first public instrument,
the largest and finest -- was installed in 1896 in the lobby of
the Great Northern Hotel but it completely burnt 18 months later.
How sad.

Alan Whytock

 [ Aeolian pipe organ installed 1896, burnt 1897
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