# What's the fundamental resonant frequency of an average adult human skull? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 29, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486 "2010-07-29T18:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/1 "2010-07-29T18:26:20Z")
Including mandible. I’m thinking of making a xylophone. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/2 "2010-07-29T19:56:23Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Including mandible. > > I’m thinking of making a xylophone. What you really need to know is what measurement determines the resonate frequency of a specific human skull, 'cause you’re gonna need a few. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/3 "2010-07-29T21:00:29Z")
[Here](http://www.alab.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~shino/scanned_paper/00_01/rsnnc_frqncs.pdf) you go, dude. Unfortunately, it appears you’re going to have a tough time getting a middle C. Also, the human skull is highly damped, especially in vivo, so the tone isn’t going to carry. Bone is closer to wood than metal in that regard. Maybe you should make a clarinet out of shinbone. ---
**Author:** ![doubleminus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@doubleminus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubleminus)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/4 "2017-07-03T20:24:56Z")
You will find enough material in the [Paris Catacombes](https://www.google.co.il/search?q=paris+catacombes&safe=active&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV6rfM9O3UAhVK6RQKHS3uBWgQ_AUICigB&biw=1146&bih=515#imgrc=_). Just take some food and lighting with you on a weekend and hide at the closing hour. You’ll have enough time to find all the notes, but will have to devise a way to get out all the skulls from there. ---
**Author:** ![Weisshund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Weisshund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weisshund)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/5 "2017-07-03T21:37:21Z")
ZOmBie Thread? Seems legit… _I don’t want to be buried in a Pet Sematary, I don’t want to live my life again. I don’t want to be buried in a Pet Sematary, I don’t want to live my life again._ ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/6 "2017-07-03T22:08:51Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Including mandible. > > I’m thinking of making a xylophone. Not really that impressive, but keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/7 "2017-07-03T22:18:48Z")
What about the skulls of the Hollywood Elite specifically? I want to make a glockenspielberg. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/8 "2017-07-04T00:45:52Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Including mandible. > > I’m thinking of making a xylophone. Seven years ago. You’ve aged well.😃 ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/9 "2017-07-04T21:17:55Z")
> **[Aztec tower of human skulls uncovered in Mexico City](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40473547)** > > The skulls found in Mexico City are only a fraction of those Spanish soldiers encountered in 1521. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fundamental-resonant-frequency-of-an-average-adult-human-skull/548486/10 "2017-07-05T05:32:31Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > What about the skulls of the Hollywood Elite specifically? I want to make a glockenspielberg. I want you to go to your room and think about what you’ve done. You can come out when you’re ready to say you’re sorry.