George Laing Miller

George Laing Miller was a Scottish-born author, born in Dunfermline in 1853 and later living in the United States. He is chiefly remembered for The Recent Revolution in Organ Building, published in 1913, a detailed look at how pipe-organ design was changing in his time.

What makes Miller interesting is the point of view he brought to the subject. In the preface to his book, he explains that the developments he describes had taken place under his own notice over roughly fifty years, which gives the work the feel of a firsthand account as well as a technical history.

Little else about his life was easy to confirm from reliable online sources, but his surviving work shows a writer deeply engaged with the craft, mechanics, and musical possibilities of the organ. He died in 1922.