Goffredo Cappa

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Goffredo Cappa - also known as Gioffredo Cappa or Jofredus Cappa - (b. 1644 in Saluzzo, d. 1717) in Turin was an Italian luthier, known for his violins and cellos. After working with the Amati family in Cremona he set up his own workshop in Saluzzo.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Amiram Ganz from the Altenberg Trio plays a violin made in 1686 by Goffredo Cappa. ^[5]

Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a cello made in 1696 by Goffredo Cappa.

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^ Index of violin and bow makers[1]
^ Geschichte der Geigenbauer [2]
^ Dictionary of violin and bowmakers [3]
^ Viool oude meester [4]
^ "Altenberg Trio biography". http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=biography&lp=en. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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[0] Index of violin and bow makers[1]

[1] Geschichte der Geigenbauer [2]

[2] Dictionary of violin and bowmakers [3]

[3] Viool oude meester [4]

[4] "Altenberg Trio biography". http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=biography&lp=en. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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Name	Cappa, Goffredo
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Date of birth	1644
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Date of death	1717
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Goffredo Cappa

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