George Small (1782–1861) was a partner of the Scottish piano manufacturing firm of Muir, Wood and Company, an Edinburgh magistrate and a philanthropist.
[1] As a youth Small joined a fencible regiment raised to fight Napoleon Bonaparte, serving for a time in Gibraltar.
[2] In 1802, when that unit was disbanded, Small was approached to join the regular army but opted to leave the military to pursue business endeavors.
"[4] Muir, Wood and Company was a piano manufacturing and music publishing firm in Edinburgh, Scotland.
[5][6] In addition to pianos, the firm made organs (church, chamber and barrel), harps, violins, cellos, tambourines, triangles, drums and serpents.