After working with the Amati family in Cremona he set up his own workshop in Saluzzo. He died in Turin. Meta Weiss plays a cello made in 1690 by Goffredo Cappa, Amiram Ganz from the Altenberg Trio plays a violin made in 1686 by Goffredo Cappa. Luca Fanfoni plays a violin made by Cappa in 1690.
Jean-Guihen Queyras plays a cello made in 1696 by Goffredo Cappa.
Stephan Grappelli played a violin made in 1695 by Goffredo Cappa.
