Then, in the last decade of the 19th century, he dedicated himself to the construction of mandolins and guitars with his younger brother Cesare in their own violin making workshop in via dei Servi 54.
He began making stringed instruments at a relatively late age; the construction of violins before 1915 was sporadic.
'The most interesting of his works were inspired by the Genova school of the 18th Century which he probably knew from originals and also copies left from Erminio Montefiori.
During the 1950s he made a fair number of ‘Cannon’ violins in the style of Praga that sometimes bear original labels.
The single factor that is consistent with modern times and the past is a dark violin that for around 150 years has lain in the city's town hall: Paganini's ‘Cannon’ is the true thread, the obligatory reference point not only for every maker who has considered this violin as a starting point, but also for those makers (like Cesare Candi) who respectfully kept their distance.