Manhasset Specialty Company

Manhasset Specialty Company, or simply Manhasset, manufactures music stands. The company was founded in 1935, and is headquartered in Yakima, Washington. Known for their simple black appearance, the company's stands are near-ubiquitous in schools, churches, and performance halls.
Description.
The Manhasset Specialty company was founded in 1935, when inventor and musician Otto Lagervall, dissatisfied with the quality of existing music stands and their inherent problems and shortcomings, set out to develop a better music stand. He succeeded in developing the initial Manhasset music stands. At the time of the company's founding, Lagervall lived in Manhasset, New York, whence the company's name derives. During the early 1940s, he moved the company to Yakima, Washington, where it is still located.