Piano question

[jon-nyc]

My new house has a whole-house humidifier.

Do I need the DC anymore?

Whole-house humidifier is only on when the heat is on. Of course in the summer the AC acts as a dehumidifier.

[Mik]

I'd keep it. Never found whole house humidifiers to be very effective.

[LuFins Dad]

There are really nice humidity and temp readers that will record the data and send you the info in a data dump every day. I’d get one, put it in the room with the piano over 6 months and see how it does. If it stays humid enough over the winter, I would feel okay to remove it.

I’ll be honest with you, I’m not the biggest fan of the DC systems. They are absolutely a necessity for a church or a school, but in a home? If the humidity is affecting your piano, it’s also affecting your artwork, your furniture, your floors, and your health. Fix the room, not the piano. And there are a lot of options to do so.

[Rich]

If your travel schedule makes maintaining the system unrealistic, then you'd do just as well to leave it unplugged altogether.

A/C does help some in the summer...but there are often stretches where the humidity is high..but the temps aren't. Humidispray systems (that are only on when the furnace is on) are certainly much better than nothing. But in the northeast, the temperature frequently gets far below what would be a safe level of humidity to add indoors. So the system still helps quite a bit in those cases.