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With the objective of integrating single clean, as‐grown carbon nanotubes into complex circuits, we have developed a technique to grow nanotubes directly on commercially available quartz tuning forks using a high‐temperature chemical vapor deposition process. Multiple straight and aligned nanotubes bridge the >100 µm gap between the two tips. The nanotubes are then lowered onto contact electrodes, electronically characterized in situ, and subsequently cut loose from the tuning fork using a high current. First quantum transport measurements of the resulting devices at cryogenic temperatures display Coulomb blockade characteristics. A technique for carbon nanotube transfer is developed, allowing clean nanotube growth separate from the device substrate. The carbon nanotubes are grown on the tips of commercially available, highly robust and re‐useable quartz tuning forks. Subsequently, the nanotubes are transferred to a target chip of desired quantum device design by approaching the fork, detecting electrical contact, and cutting the carbon nanotubes with a high current. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]