MINNEAPOLIS - C : USA - MN

*Location:

   4th Street Tower 
   Minneapolis City Hall - 
     Hennepin County Courthouse 
   5th Street South at South 4th Avenue 
   Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
   LL: N 44.97704, W 93.26569

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*Player:

   Tony Hill 
   H: (612)673-5311 
   E: chair@towerbellfoundation.org

*Contact:

   Tower Bell Foundation 
   Attn: Tony Hill 
   B27 City Hall 
   350 South 5th Street
   Minneapolis, MN  55415
   T: (612)673-5311   F: (612)465-2416

*Schedule:

   Friday noon, May-September; also many 
   major and minor holidays, some at 
   noon and some at other times.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the bass octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are three added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1972
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1924, the instrument was enlarged to 14 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
     In 1896, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 2000

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The Tower Bell Foundation has an extensive Webpage with pictures of the tower, bells and present electric keyboard.  There's also a page with transcriptions of newspaper articles dating from the original installation of the chime (1896).

A photograph from 1903

A large photo of the building unfortunately does not show the belfry, but several other pictures which are linked from this page do so.  The chime is in the taller of the two towers on the building.

A fine large photo

Three photos of the building

A historic photo of the chime includes two of the clock hammers.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in MN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 29-Mar-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/03/29
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/06/06

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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