I am more than grateful that I can place within these pages a fine photograph of this magnificent organ, a reminder of the once beautiful and grand instrument which was destroyed and burned until there was not a souvenir left to tell the story of the great and grand music that it pealed forth so many years, and of the work of the beautiful voices that once sang the praises and the power of the grandest music ever written by a galaxy of writers who are no longer with us. Of Haydn's sixteen masses we usually sang from one to eight, these being the most used, and No. 16 B Flat mass was often chosen. His Vespers No. 1 was sung many times. We generally used Weber's masses--one written in E flat and one in the key of G. They were the most familiar of his masses. One of the most difficult masses we sang was written by I.J. Paine of Boston. It was the first mass and required artists to give the proper importance to this magnificent mass. Rossini's Solenelle was given on the solemn occasion of the death of Pius IX. It was rendered for the first time in California October 31st, by sixteen solo voices, thirty-five in the chorus and the regular choir, full orchestra and organ. The following was the programme for the requiem mass Solenelle sung by the soloists and assisted by the chorus and orchestra and organ; Introit, Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Benedictus, Agnus Dei, Lux Aeterna were all from Cherubini's compositions; offertory, Dominus from Verdi, Libera from Palestrina: Mrs. Brandel, _soprano_ Signora Bianchi, _mezzo-soprano_ Mrs. M.R. Blake, _mezzo-contralto_ Signor Bianchi, _tenor_ Signor Meize, _tenor_ Mr. Stockmyer, _bass_ Mr. Yarndley, _bass_ J.H. Dohrmann, _organist_ Orchestra 30 pieces. [Illustration: J.H. DOHRMANN, ORGANIST AND DIRECTOR ORGAN OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, SAN FRANCISCO Made in Germany in 1874] With a crowded church and the altars draped in black, with the rest of the gifted singers on that occasion, will candelabras that were all burning, with many priests upon the altar, and the other accessories, the scene was notable. Time never can erase the picture as it comes back in memory. The wonderful music, in which I took part, with the rest of the gifted singers on that occasion, will never be forgotten. Later, as years rolled on and the old singers retired, we had other artists who were the singers in this choir: Mrs. Urig, _soprano_ Mrs. Young, _soprano_ Mrs. Taylor, _soprano_ Signora Bianchi, _mezzo-soprano_ Mrs. Herman, _mezzo-soprano_ Mrs. M.R. Blake, _contralto_ Miss Ella Steele, _contralto_ Mr. Buch, _bass_ Mr. Schnable, _bass_