Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2687
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	morsing
Subject
	121.221
Publisher
	unknown
Contributor
	Gaelyn Hutchinson
Date
	2008
Type
	Dravidian
Format
	4.75 in. length (lamella)
1.5 in. diameter (frame)
Identifier
	6150
Source
	South Asia
Language
	EN
Coverage
	India
Alternative Title
	murcing
	morcang
	morchang
	murcang
Medium
	metal
	beeswax
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Asia
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	tongue - heteroglot
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	one
Resonator design for idiophone
	mouth cavity
Number of players for idiophone
	one
Sounding principle for idiophone
	flexing - direct
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	fingertip/s, fingernail/s, finger-mounted pick/s
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	plucking
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	definite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	changing shape of mouth cavity to amplify partials of the fundamental sound
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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