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George Small (piano maker)
George Small (1782–1861) was a partner of the Scottish piano manufacturing firm of Muir, Wood and Company, an Edinburgh magistrate and a philanthropist.
==Early life==
George Small was born on 26 May 1782 in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of George Small and Ann Spalding.
As a youth Small joined a fencible regiment raised to fight Napoleon Bonaparte, serving for a time in Gibraltar.〔 Small served with his friend and connection Sir Archibald Campbell, Baronet, then a Captain in the Army.〔 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.〔
George Small married Elizabeth Grindlay in Edinburgh on 13 February 1808. The couple had several children, including Rev. James Grindlay Small,〔 a noted Scottish hymnist and the author of the hymn, "''I've Found A Friend, Oh! Such A Friend''."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/s/m/a/small_jg.htm )〕
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