Alfred Eady

Lewis Alfred Eady OBE (12 May 1891 – 21 April 1965) was a New Zealand music retailer, company director and benefactor.

[1] After leaving school in 1906, he worked for his father, Lewis Roberts Eady, a musician who tuned pianos and traded in second-hand instruments.

When the firm moved from Karangahape Road to Queen Street shortly after World War I, Eady became managing director.

In the 1956 New Year Honours, Eady was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community in Auckland, especially as a city councillor.

[1] In 1932, Eady established the first Junior Chamber of Commerce ('Jaycees') in the southern hemisphere, and during the 1940s took leading roles in the Rotary Club of Auckland.