Intake and baseline checks
When a customer brings a guitar, bass, ukulele, or bowed string instrument, the repair bench can save the actual target tuning before work begins. This matters when the player uses lowered strings, open tuning, or a song-specific setup.
- Customer tuning preset
- Instrument family target notes
- Reference pitch setting
Setup and adjustment context
TuneLT is not a measurement tool for every repair operation, but it keeps the musical target visible while the instrument is checked. That helps the bench avoid switching back to standard tuning when the customer plays in a different setup.
- Alternate-tuning awareness
- Low-string bass targets
- Bowed-string target sets
Customer handoff
After setup, the shop can share the tuning preset back to the player through a QR code, file, or app link. The customer leaves with the same target notes used during the final check.
- QR handoff
- .tunelt file
- Import on the customer device
At the shop
Repair shop notes, intake forms, counter QR cards, and pickup emails can all carry the same tuning preset. That keeps the customer’s real setup attached to the instrument instead of leaving it as a vague note.
For repair benches that ask how the instrument is really played
Luthiers, repair shops, instrument techs, and players with non-standard setups often start with the same question: what tuning is this instrument actually going to live in? TuneLT keeps that answer visible and easy to hand back.
- Luthiers and repair benches
- Guitar and bass techs
- Ukulele and string setup shops
- Players using alternate tunings
At intake
Ask the customer what tuning they actually use, then save a preset that reflects it. This matters for lowered strings, open tunings, heavier gauges, extended-range basses, and players who rarely stay in standard tuning.
- Ask for real playing tuning
- Save customer preset
- Attach it to the job note
- Use it during final check
At the counter
A small counter card can say: "Save the tuning you want this setup checked against." That is easier to understand than a long explanation, and the same link can be reused in pickup emails.
- Counter QR card
- Repair intake form
- Pickup email
- Setup care note
When the instrument is picked up
After the setup, the shop can share the preset back to the customer. The customer leaves with the same target notes used during the final check, which also helps if the instrument comes back later.
- QR handoff
- Preset file attached to email
- Same target notes for future visits
What TuneLT is not
TuneLT does not measure action height, neck relief, intonation accuracy, or repair quality. Its job here is narrower: keep the tuning context clear while the shop uses its normal tools.
- No repair measurement claims
- Clear tuning-context role
- Useful alongside shop tools