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The purpose of this study was to explore if and how board-certifiedmusic therapists are currently using their non-standard primaryinstruments (NSPI) in music therapy clinical settings, and to clarify detailsregarding NPSI use or lack of use in clinical work, such as barriers touse, goal areas addressed, and so on. This study employed a cross-sectional survey design to collect information from board-certified musictherapists (MT-BC) during one point in time. The survey was sent to 7182participants and data from 336 individuals whose primary instrument is aNSPI were included in the data analysis