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Tower Bell Foundation The bells of Minneapolis City Hall and Hennepin County Courthouse Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Tony Webster The Tower Bell Foundation holds bell concerts regularly at Minneapolis City Hall-Hennepin County Courthouse. The Foundation is also heading up an effort to expand and/or renovate the bells. The Foundation is chaired by Dr. Tony Hill , who also produces the concerts. You can look up the concert schedule online here or find out about other activities of the Foundation. The Tower Bell F
The bell at center was given by the Dayton family in memory of David Draper Dayton. This was part of an addition of four bells, the other three of which are in the picture at the top of this page, done in 1923-24 which added to the range of the bells sufficiently to permit the playing of the national anthem. Another member of the Dayton family, Donald C. Dayton, led the next major renovation of the bells in 1972. The bells were automated in that round and are now played from an electric keyboard (below) fro
Dr. Tony Hill, Chair of the Tower Bell Foundation, plays one of the summer noontime pops concerts. Dr. Hill has served as chair of the Tower Bell Foundation since its inception. He has produced over 1500 concerts on our bells and has personally played more than 300. He holds a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.