I am always in search of a better dulcimer, and recently bought a new one on eBay. It was built by Nick Odell of Wisbech, Cambs. When it arrived I was surprised to find it was about 10% smaller than usual, with a scale length of 23" instead of the more usual 26" or 27". It is very well made, and plays in tune all the way up the neck which is not always the case with handmade of dulcimers. However it is a bit small for me. anyway, it turns out Nick Odell was Marc Bolan's guitar repair man in the early 1970s, in the glory days of T.Rex, a repair label by him signed July 1972 recently being used as provenence for an auctioned Gibson Les Paul which was supposed to have belonged to Marc.

So, the big question is, could my dulcimer have been built for, or used by Marc? No-one else seems have to seen another Odell dulcimer. Has anyone ever seen a picture of Marc playing a dulcimer or knows of any tracks that may feature it? Possibly early ones.

Any help welcome! Have found nothing online that I have not already mentioned apart from a reply from Nick to a guitar query site, 12 years ago.

Grahame