--- url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-int/faq/instruments-artforms/can-you-tune-a-morsing' title: 'Can you tune a morsing?' author: name: rajeevk url: 'https://kalasudha.com/en-int/user/fce96177fd193d3a' date: '2026-10-19T15:16:38+00:00' type: website summary: 'A morsing can be tuned only slightly, with beeswax to lower or filing to raise, so players keep one instrument per sruti.' tags: - 'Instruments & artforms' image: 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' published: true og: site_name: KalaSudha 'image:url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:secure_url': 'https://kalasudha.com/themes/custom/music_agency/assets/icon/logo.svg' 'image:type': image/svg+xml 'image:alt': KalaSudha --- FAQ · Instruments & artforms # Can you tune a morsing? Updated 19 October 2026 A **[morsing](/en-int/instrument/morsing)** can be fine-tuned only within narrow limits: beeswax on the tongue tip lowers the pitch, and filing raises it but may damage the instrument. Because each morsing is tuned to the sruti, the tonic of the performance, a player needs one instrument per sruti and chooses the one that matches the soloist. Larger instruments sound lower and smaller ones higher. Was this answer helpful? [ ](/en-int/user/login?flag_anon=faq_helpful-964&destination=/en-int/faq/instruments-artforms/can-you-tune-a-morsing) [ ](/en-int/user/login?flag_anon=faq_not_helpful-964&destination=/en-int/faq/instruments-artforms/can-you-tune-a-morsing) Thanks for your feedback! ## Related pages 1 page mentions this question ### Instruments (1) - [ Morsing The morsing is the South Indian jaw harp of Carnatic music. The player presses it to the front teeth and plucks it, and the mouth, as resonator, shapes its… ](/en-int/instrument/morsing) [ Previous question Can you tune a ghatam? ](/en-int/faq/instruments-artforms/can-you-tune-a-ghatam) [ Next question Do you tune the bayan? ](/en-int/faq/instruments-artforms/do-you-tune-the-bayan)