{{Short description|Italian luthier}} '''Goffredo Cappa''' (1644–1717), also known as '''Gioffredo Cappa''', '''Iofredus Cappa''' or '''Jofredus Cappa''', was an Italian luthier, known for his violins and cellos.
Cappa was born in Saluzzo. After working with the Amati family in Cremona he set up his own workshop in Saluzzo.<ref>[http://www.amacviolins.com/amac/gallery/doc/makers.htm Index of violin and bow makers]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/fileadmin/subsites/2d-musk-t-01/user_files/Geschichte_der_Geigenbauer.pdf |title=Geschichte der Geigenbauer |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-date=2011-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719073356/http://www.ph-ludwigsburg.de/fileadmin/subsites/2d-musk-t-01/user_files/Geschichte_der_Geigenbauer.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicforstrings.com/dictionary_of_violin_makers.html |title=Dictionary of violin and bowmakers |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-date=2015-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206201836/http://www.musicforstrings.com/dictionary_of_violin_makers.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.muziekindex.nl/p/viool_cello/vc_oudemeester.html |title=Viool oude meester |access-date=2008-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026151223/http://www.muziekindex.nl/p/viool_cello/vc_oudemeester.html |archive-date=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He died in Saluzzo,6 August 1717
==Contemporary players== {{more citations needed|section|date=April 2018}} * Meta Weiss plays a cello made in 1690 * Amiram Ganz from the Altenberg Trio plays a violin made in 1686<ref>{{cite web | title=Altenberg Trio biography | url=http://www.altenbergtrio.at/?site=biography&lp=en |accessdate=23 June 2010 }}</ref> * Luca Fanfoni plays a violin made in 1694 * Geneviève Laurenceau plays a violin made in 1700 * Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a cello made in 1696 * Elizabeth Layton plays a violin made in 1732 * Stéphane Grappelli played a violin made in 1695
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