For K-12 theater, band, and broadcast programs

Keep the gear working. Keep the class moving.

A dead wireless pack the week of the musical shouldn’t be your problem to solve at 10 pm. Send it to the bench. We handle the PO, the paperwork, and the report your district wants.

No paid repair work starts before you approve the estimate. Purchase orders welcome.

Cable bench with color-coded coils on the pegboard and XLR connectors laid out for testing
The four steps

Four steps. Always four.

Start a Repair

Pick the item, describe the problem, add photos or a recording. About two minutes on a phone.

Get It to Us

Ship it, request a Box Kit, schedule a pickup, or bring it in by appointment.

Review + Approve

Read the Bench Report, hear the evidence, then approve, approve with a PO, decline, or ask.

Repair + Return

Tested, labeled, shipped or held at will-call, with the report for your records.

Receiving, diagnosis, parts, manufacturer service when it is needed, QA, and packing happen inside these steps. You see a plain-language update, never a status code.

One ticket, start to finish

We fix what a bench can fix. For the rest, we deal with the manufacturer so you don’t have to.

Cables, connectors, jacks, switches, battery doors, cold joints, cleaning, re-terminations: that is our bench. When a repair needs the manufacturer or their service center (board swaps, firmware-locked parts, warranty work), we pack it, send it on your behalf, chase it, test it when it comes back, and return it to you. Same ticket number, same contact, one invoice.

We tell you which path it is on the Bench Report, before you approve anything. Manufacturer service time and cost are passed through and shown as their own line.

Our benchDiagnosis, cable and connector work, jacks and switches, cleaning, battery doors, test and label.
Sent on for youManufacturer or service-center work. We ship, track, and test on return. You see “With the manufacturer” on your ticket, not a tracking number to babysit.
ReferredMains power, high-power amps, anything we won’t touch safely. We say so at intake and point you to who will.

Built for how schools buy

Purchase orders, first

Approve with a PO number. We hold the repair until the PO clears, so nothing moves without your business office.

Vendor packet, ready

W-9, vendor registration, sole-source letter, tax-exempt handling, and remit-to details in one download. Account setup walks your AP contact through it once.

Student-safe media

We ask you not to upload student faces, names, or recordings unless needed for the diagnosis. Media is private and links expire.

Bench Report · samplePB-REP-000182
Shure ULXD1 bodypack · SN ULXD1-4418-22AREADY

What we found: TA4F input jack cracked at both solder joints. Intermittent on the wiggle test.

What we did: Replaced the jack, reflowed the board edge, 20-minute motion test with a known-good lav.

00:14 · before / after
Intake photos · 4Bench photos · 3Test reading · 0.4 Ω shield

You can hear the fix before you pay for it.

Every Bench Report carries the evidence: intake photos, our findings, a recording from our bench when the problem is something you'd hear, and the test result. You approve from your phone. No billable work until you do.

See a full Bench Report

Common jobs from school programs

ItemUsual problemWhat happens
Wireless bodypacks and handheldsCracked input jack, dead battery door, dropoutsDiagnosis, estimate, repair, or an honest "replace it" with the reasons
Lav and headset micsBroken at the connectorRe-termination, tested under motion
Snakes and XLR runsOne dead channel nobody can findChannel-by-channel test, labeled on return
Mixers and DI boxesScratchy pots, dead channel stripBench test, cleaning or repair, Bench Report
Kits for classes

Teach cable building in one unit.

The Class Cable Kit: ten stations, Neutrik connectors, a tester, the lesson plan, and ten Academy seats. Buy it on a PO. Students finish with a tested cable and a certificate.

Connectors and cable on the bench
DiagramThe four steps drawn as a signal path with three people on it: the teacher starts the repair, the approver reviews, accounts payable gets the invoice with the PO.

What the teacher sees. What the office sees.

The teacher starts the repair from a phone in the booth. The approver gets the estimate. Accounts payable gets the invoice with the PO already on it. Three people, one ticket, nobody chasing anybody.

See the school dashboard
Patch, the ProductionBench guide
Free: the 5-page Cable Bench Guide.

Pinouts, the XLR build, testing, and safety, written for crews working under supervision. Print it, tape it to the bench.

Get the guide

Ready before the next show?

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Bench Notes by email

One useful fix in your inbox, twice a month.