Nice story Luigi. My parents lived next door to John and Kay from 2005 and became good friends. Sad when he passed, but Kay was still going strong last time I saw her and was compiling a book on their family history. The Eady family have certainly been a large part of NZ music scene. I worked part time at Jansen for Bruce Eady and his son Brent, while studying electronics at ATI. I bought my saxophone when learning to play in my twenties from Robert Eady who had a shop in St Heliers I think.
Thanks Graham, I'm hoping to encourage more people to share their stories. It's one thing to talk about John and his family's achievements, but more than anything else, he was just a really nice man, who had a great passion for musical instruments and the people in the industry from manufacturer's and their reps, to the kids who one day wanted to learn and own an instrument whether for performance or just for themselves. Some of the retailers were legends in their own minds and spent their time talking about themselves (not that some of their stories weren't really interesting), but John asked questions and listened. I wonder if Kay's book ever got finished...
Lewis Eady, was a lucky guy to be able to you in his store and selling Leo's flutes. I imagine they were pretty special. Good read, thanks Gino.
Many thanks, Atts :)
Nice story Luigi. My parents lived next door to John and Kay from 2005 and became good friends. Sad when he passed, but Kay was still going strong last time I saw her and was compiling a book on their family history. The Eady family have certainly been a large part of NZ music scene. I worked part time at Jansen for Bruce Eady and his son Brent, while studying electronics at ATI. I bought my saxophone when learning to play in my twenties from Robert Eady who had a shop in St Heliers I think.
Thanks Graham, I'm hoping to encourage more people to share their stories. It's one thing to talk about John and his family's achievements, but more than anything else, he was just a really nice man, who had a great passion for musical instruments and the people in the industry from manufacturer's and their reps, to the kids who one day wanted to learn and own an instrument whether for performance or just for themselves. Some of the retailers were legends in their own minds and spent their time talking about themselves (not that some of their stories weren't really interesting), but John asked questions and listened. I wonder if Kay's book ever got finished...