> Huw wrote: There is at least one harpsichord with a range of FF to f'''
from "Germany"  and earlier than you might expect: the J H Harrass in
Sondershausen. ...

Thanks Huw! 

[Actually from my original post of Saturday 29 it is apparent that I was
referring to scores and documents, not extant instruments. 
A few years ago I wrote:  "Exceptional 17th c. instruments are extant with
an FF, but its use was still virtually unheard of when François Couperin
scored it in La Bandoline (1713):"]

Thanks anyway!

Best regards
CDV


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