Brian Hubbell was born and raised in Cooperstown, NY. Starting piano lessons at age 8, Brian soon developed a profound appreciation for the intricate beauty of the piano. He studied piano performance at Syracuse University for a brief period of time before deciding to change his major while searching for what he thought would be a suitable career. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2009, after which he moved to Burlington, VT. This is where he began getting back into playing music with other musicians and began to stumble upon vintage electric pianos such as the Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer EP. These often had to be fixed before they were ready for a performance, sparking his interest in the mechanical aspects of a piano. His vintage keyboard repair business was in full swing by 2010. Craving something more complex, he soon decided to focus on the piano, and enrolled in the world renowned North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA. 

North Bennet Street School immersed Brian in the craft of piano technology. During his first year he spent 40 hours a week practicing aural tuning, complete action regulation, and various repair methods. The second year, he was assigned a 1914 Chickering grand piano to rebuild. Rebuilding included replacing the soundboard, ribs, pin block, bridge caps, strings, and action parts. By the end of his second year, his piano was complete and ready to go to its new owner. 

After his time at North Bennet Street School, Brian was selected to attend the Tanglewood Music Festival in Lenox, MA for the 2013 season. Here he honed his skills in a very demanding setting, where only the highest quality of work was accepted. He spent the summer working alongside the head piano technician from the Juilliard School of Music, which reinforced his existing skills and taught him completely new ways of going about tuning, regulating, and repairing pianos. 

After his summer at Tanglewood, Brian was invited to Nashville, TN to work alongside a very well known and respected piano technician at Vanderbilt University. Here he was able to delve deeper into concert level tuning and regulation, as well as rebuilding the school's vast array of Steinway grand pianos. He was introduced to the many recording studios on Music Row where he had the opportunity to tune for many famous musicians, and was also a technician for the Steinway Piano Gallery of Nashville during this time.

Since then, Brian has decided to move back to New York to open his business in Cooperstown, where he offers everything from tuning to completely rebuilding pianos throughout Central New York. He is also currently the technician for SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College.