Being the oldest Episcopal Church in the East Bay, St James Episcopal
Church's organist post has been occupied by a few important figures. This
includes Louis Schmidt, Frank H. Mather, Alfred James Chaplin-Bayley (1888-1933), William Walter Carruth (1884-1954), Connell Keefer Carruth (1895-1984), and E Thompson Bagley (1938-2001). The current organist is Vince Ho.

Our George Andrews & Son Organ, built in 1888, is the oldest surviving
church organ in the East Bay, and is the only one that survived the
1906 earthquake. George Andrews (1832-1904) was an important organ
builder in the East Coast. In 1886, Andrews and his family moved to
Oakland. The St James Episcopal Church's organ was the very first
instrument that the firm built after the relocation. Originally a
mechanical tracker, the organ was electrified during the 1920s by
Thomas W. Whalley (1856-1931), a former associate of George Andrews.

During his tenure as organist, E Thompson Bagley examined the pipes of the
organ. He discovered that the backs of the pipes showed the remnants of
an original pattern of painted stripes which had been covered by a uniform
grey paint on the front of those pipes. Based on a careful examination of
all the exposed pipes, including a stripe-by-stripe measurement, he
recreated the original pattern. The organ was then repainted back to its
original, unique pattern.

Here is the original stoplist of the Andrews 1888 Organ.

Great:
Open Diapason 8'
Melodia 8'
Dulcina 8'
Octave 4'
Flute 4'
Fifteenth 2'

Swell:
Open Diapason 8'
Stopped Diapason 8'
Viol d'Gamba 8'
Octave 4'
Oboe 8'
Tremolo

Pedal:
Bourdon 16'

The Octave 4' was later replaced with a rank of Twelfth 2 2/3'

The organ is registered to the Organ Historical Society's database.