Schoenstein & Co.
1970s

There is no evidence that George Andrews constructed an organ for St. James' Episcopal Church. However, an organ built for Church of the Advent, East Oakland, is dated Oct. 4, 1888 and appears on the installation list published in Stephen Pinel's 2010 book about the Andrews family. The first organ constructed by Andrews in California was for St. Luke's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, and the Advent organ was the first constructed by Andrews for an Oakland church.
The stoplist of the Advent organ is the same as that given here for St. James' instrument. Either the organ was relocated at some point or St. James' church merged with the Advent congregation.

Updated through online information from Vincent Ho. -- Organ has been inoperable since my arrival on 3/2010. I have managed to repair it to the point which half of the stops were functional, and the organ can barely handle congregational singing. However, any further repair will require professional help.

Updated through online information from Vince Ho. -- Built 1888 October 4 by G Andrews as a tracker. Electrified by Whalley, and then a new console was installed in the 70s by Schoenstein.

New console for existing organ.