Morsing

The morsing (also mukharshanku, mourching, murchunga, morching or morchang, changu; lit. 'Jew's harp') is an instrument similar to the Jew's harp, mainly used in Rajasthan of North India, in the Carnatic music of South India, in Nepal, and in Sindh, Pakistan. It can be categorized under lamellophones, which is a sub-category of plucked idiophones. The instrument consists of a metal ring in the shape of a horseshoe with two parallel forks that form the frame, and a metal tongue in the middle, between the forks, fixed to the ring at one end and free to vibrate at the other. The metal tongue, also called the trigger, is bent at the free end in a plane perpendicular to the circular ring so that it can be struck and made to vibrate.