The Instrumentalist

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| title = The Instrumentalist

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| editor = James M. Rohner

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| previous_editor = James T. Rohner (Previous Publisher)

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| category = music magazine

| frequency = Every two months

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| publisher = Ann R. Callis, James M. Rohner

| founder = Traugott Rohner (1906–1991)

| founded = September 1946
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| firstdate = September/October 1946

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| company = The Instrumentalist Publishing Co.

| country = United States

| based = Northbrook, Illinois

| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.theinstrumentalist.com}}

| issn = 0020-4331

| oclc = 1753312

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The Instrumentalist is an American bimonthly magazine for music educators — focusing on junior and senior high school band and orchestra. Founded by Traugott Rohner (1906–1991), its first publication was dated September/October 1946.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_P8-AYE-448/page/n5/mode/2up?q=%22John+P.+Noonan%22 |title=Percussion Anthology: A Compendium of Percussion Articles from the Instrumentalist, 1946-1995 |date=January 1988 |publisher=The Instrumentalist |edition=4th |isbn=978-99977-988-5-5 |publication-date=January 1988}} Its original address was in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The current holding company, The Instrumentalist Publishing Co., is an Illinois corporation, based in Northbrook, Illinois, and headed by Ann Rohner Callis and James M. Rohner.