On the Mall Road there was a small music shop, Godins, from where Mateshwari and Shri Nathji had purchased numerous Gramophone records for the children as well as for themselves, many of which were Saigals’s songs and old film songs and bhajans.
A. Godin & Co. was established in Quetta in 1900. The founder Celiano Godin, a 25-year-old who played both piano and violin, later opened branches in Bombay, Calcutta, Mussoorie and Delhi
Elpidio Godin, who had previously worked for another music firm, opened his own branch of Godin and Co. in Mussoorie with the help of Celian. The Mussoorie location was known for dealing with pianos and other musical instruments, and was located at the end of the Regal Cinema building in the Kulri area of Mall Road Mussorrie. A. Godin & Co. music shop in Mussoorie has been permanently closed for many years. It was a historic business that operated in the mid-to-late 20th century, with its Mussoorie branch closing down by the 1970s. Now Godin & Co has only one shop in New Delhi and it specializes now in guitars.
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