This first pilot CT Scan was completed in May 2022 on a single instrument at the Quinnipiac Radiologic Sciences by V.J. Manzo , John Thomas , Tania Grgurichs , and Ryan McKenna . In May 2022, the first Fretology protocols were developed and implemented through a project at WPI whereby undergradute students working under the advisement of the PI conducted interviews and focus groups with highly-regarded luthiers in order to better assess the ways that this data and, broadly, this project might best serve a community of instrument-makers. The 1.0 protocol specifies procedures for archiving raw scan data in our internal repository, parsing the data into discrete models through 3D Slicer , and making those models accessible through Fusion 360 .

In May 2023, the protocols were revised by V.J. Manzo and Imogen Barnes, a WPI mechanical engineering student and lab researcher worked with the support of a grant from the Martin Guitar Foundation . As a fellow of this grant, Barnes refined the protocol and processed sixteen instruments; Barnes also developed a multimedia website manual for Fretology internal use, which provides step-by-step instructions and insights for preparing and processing 3D scan data at each post-scan stage toward public dissemination. Jake Pelrah, an Research Associate of the Interactive Music Systems Lab at WPI, began lead the AR/VR development.