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The phrase "actual instrument" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to specify a genuine or real tool, device, or document, often in contrast to something that is not genuine or is merely a representation.
Example: "The contract was signed with an actual instrument, ensuring its validity and enforceability in court."
Alternatives: "genuine tool" or "real device".
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And that's a complaint of many who try music education apps or tools (as well as Rock Band), without a virtual, touch experience that actually emulates (or connects to) the actual instrument being learned, it's a useless exercise.
It has become Farage's Trump card, an actual instrument of political power that he has played with frightening brilliance.
The actual instrument mimicry can be made extremely easy, so even the clumsiest can join the band.
The actual instrument of recall is usually a letter of resignation signed by the elected representative before assuming office.
"When they listen, and they don't always listen to me, I explain that it's only a patent for the process, not the actual instrument".
That synthesizer is "the real thing: the actual instrument played on an album I have heard a hundred times," Mr. Elie writes.
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Covenants have rarely been the actual instruments by which societies actually functioned for long, but they are extremely frequent as ideological foundations for sociopolitical legitimacy.
No actual instruments are involved.
Mr. Byun uses actual instruments as elements in his assemblages and as surfaces for painting.
Images of sheng-like instruments exist from 1100 bc, and actual instruments survive from the Han dynasty (206 bc–220 ad).
What's more, the site's digital recreations are far closer to actual instruments than the virtual versions of historic instruments found elsewhere on the Web.
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