GIG RIGA MUSICIAN’S INVENTION
MEET GIG RIG

Bring your
music up.

Your bandfront sets the stage.
Your music should meet your eyes.

An ergonomic support stand that raises a tablet or printed sheet music toward eye level—designed for seated musicians and the bandfronts they already use.

Explore the design
Jack’s black PVC Gig Rig prototype resting on a red bandfront in a rehearsal space, with a tablet mount above it.
01 / GIG RIG IN REHEARSALOriginal prototype photograph
DESIGNED FROM THE MUSICIAN’S SIDE OF THE STANDThe idea behind it
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

Less looking down.
More looking ahead.

Reading from a low bandfront can draw your gaze—and your posture—downward. Gig Rig starts with a simple idea: bring the music higher, so your setup works around the way you play.

Its raised frame is designed to encourage an upright seated posture and support comfortable breathing while playing. It rests on an existing bandfront without permanent modification.

THE DESIGN

One beam.
Your position.

A straightforward frame. An adjustable mount. Details shaped by the realities of rehearsal and performance.

01

A raised crossbeam

A lightweight rectangular PVC frame with a top-mounted crossbeam. Removable fasteners allow a tablet holder or traditional sheet-music clamp to attach to the beam.

02

Room to move

The concept allows the tablet clamp to move left and right along the crossbeam, bringing the chart into your preferred reading position.

03

Turn the page your way

Portrait for a full page. Landscape for a wider view. The adjustable tablet mount is intended to accommodate both orientations.

The original white PVC rectangular frame with its crossbar and removable fasteners.
THE SIMPLE FRAME Early PVC construction
Black Gig Rig prototypes fitted with several tablet and music holders.
THE MOUNTING OPTIONS Black prototypes with display holders
A PRACTICAL EXTRA

A cup holder is also part of the concept, keeping one more everyday item within reach.

BEHIND THE INVENTION

From the bandstand.
For the bandstand.

Gig Rig is the invention of Jack Skorija, a retired U.S. Army musician and active saxophonist. It grows out of a familiar experience: working around a stand when the stand should work around the musician.

His aim is a practical setup that brings printed or digital sheet music into a more natural line of sight, while fitting into the familiar big-band stage.

Jack Skorija Musician & inventor