The portable instrument used instead just didn't hit the spot.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
What was the principal debt instrument used?
Mishkin, Frederic S. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995)
The instrument used to measure the students' mathematics achievement was an essay test.
Anna Angela Sitinjak, Herman Mawengkang 2018, 'THE DIFFERENCE OF STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS BY USING GUIDED-DISCOVERY LEARNING MODEL AND COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL JIGSAW TYPE', Infinity