A small shop in Peshawar, where hundreds of years old gramophones are still preserved in original condition – Life & Style

‘My father used to repair radios and old gramophones and since then I have developed a passion for preserving old musical instruments and now I have hundreds of years old gramophones and other musical instruments preserved.’

This is the statement of Prince Mahir, a musical instrument enthusiast in Peshawar, who not only owns a hundred-year-old gramophone but also other musical instruments.

Talking to the news today, Prince Mahirullah said that the specialty of the old gramophone is that even in the modern age, they work without electricity, whenever I want, I can enjoy music by putting a record (cassette) of my choice in it. I am

According to Prince Mahirullah, along with the old radio, gramophone, around 8,000 cassettes recorded in the old era are preserved with him, in which timeless songs of Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi and other languages ​​are preserved.

In the small shop of Prince Mahirullah in Tehsil Ghor Ghatri of Peshawar, there are old musical instruments, records and antiques. Rather, they turn the gramophone key with their hands and play the music stored on a record cassette which they enjoy.

Prince Mahirullah says that he tries to keep the new generation aware of his past by preserving old musical instruments, while often inviting them to various university exhibitions where he not only teaches students regarding the gramophone. Tells but also inspires the youth to preserve the old instruments in their localities by taking care of them so that the history lives on.