Instruments at the Museum

Morchang

Morchang is the favourite instrument for Langa community of Rajasthan. A wrought iron instrument, much akin to the Jews harp, produces twanging sounds, it consists of a metal ring in the shape of a horseshoe with two parallel forks which 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 is bent at the free end in a plane perpendicular to the circular ring so that it can be struck and is made to vibrate. This bent part is called the trigger.