instrument
violin
Gioffredo Cappa
built in Saluzzo in ± 1690
A violin built by Gioffredo Cappa in Saluzzo (Italy), ca. 1690.
Current player
Talent
Diet Tilanus
plays a
violin
from Gioffredo Cappa
from Gioffredo Cappa
History of this instrument
In 2016, this rare Cappa violin was loaned by private individuals to the Musical Instrument Fund. Since then, Diet Tilanus has been the fortunate player of this instrument from Saluzzo.
About the builder Gioffredo Cappa
“You will no longer find any violins bearing his (Cappa’s) name,” Paganini wrote to Luigi Germi in 1823, “Pugnani has changed all the Cappa labels to Amati.” Paganini was not the only one to point out that instruments by Gioffredo Cappa...
