No. 15 · Class of 2026
TuneBench
The PearFor services to strings: the only pear that is also a guitar, and the only one that knows when it is out of tune.
Just a little bit higher
The plaque
- Stage name
- The Pear
- Instrument
- A pear that is a guitar: the fruit is the body, the stem grows into the neck with tuning pegs and a leaf.
- Day job
- Tunes guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, cello and more, with chromatic and strobe modes, alternate tunings, any A4 and reference tones, plus a metronome.
- Signature move
- Explaining why basses are harder to tune than guitars.
- Plays with
- TimeBench (both know what time it is), the metronome (they keep the beat together).
- Debut
- October 6, 2026, the last of four debuts that day
- Inducted
- October 18, 2026
The original
The logo you see on the site, in colour.
- The pear is the body: its curve is the curve of a guitar.
- Tuning pegs sprout from the neck, with a leaf on top.
- The core with its seeds is the sound hole.
On paper
The black-and-white version from the blog comics. Model sheet:
- calm
- delighted
- shocked
- sly
Biography
A pear is shaped like the body of a guitar, which nobody had noticed until this one. TuneBench kept the shape: the fruit is the body, the stem grows into the neck with tuning pegs and a leaf, and the core with its seeds is the sound hole.
It tunes guitars, basses, ukuleles, violins, cellos and more, with chromatic and strobe modes, alternate tunings and any A4. There are reference tones for when there is nothing to tune against, and a metronome for after. It also explains why basses are harder to tune than guitars.
In the comics the pear is the bench’s musician: it dances, cheers and makes a note float over its head. For its induction it got both arms up in a cheer and a note to lead the hall.
Greatest hits
Where to catch it in the blog comics:
- Our principles: stands in the back row with a note floating over its head.
- The Hall of Fame is open: waits at the door, one arm up, cheering.