The term national instrument can refer to:
- National Instruments, an American corporation
- The national instrument of a nation, referring to a musical instrument of particular cultural and social importance
Famous quotes containing the words national and/or instrument:
“Just so before we’re international,
We’re national and act as nationals.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A poet is a combination of an instrument and a human being in one person, with the former gradually taking over the latter. The sensation of this takeover is responsible for timbre; the realization of it, for destiny.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)