Stereo system vs Steinway


Hey folks,

So having more room in the new place, my inherited Steinway grand piano is scheduled to arrive soon.
As an aspiring classical piano student, listening to pieces I am working on is a constant.  

I am told that the piano needs an environment where the humidity stays safely above 45 - 50% to prevent the cabinet from drying out/developing cracks/etc. 

My piano teacher keeps hers at just over 60%.

I have a "secondary" system in the "piano room" consisting of a pair of Ampzilla 2000 2nd editions, with an old Bryston BP26 and a much older set of B&W Matrix 801 S2s.  Source is currently a laptop.

Are there any guidelines regarding safe humidity levels for audio equipment? 
Would 50% ish be too high?

I also just inherited (along with what I believe to be one of the first Rega turntables my uncle purchased in the UK over 30 years ago sitting on an air bladder supported platform) an older and really heavy Jolida tube integrated.  Are tubes more/less sensitive to humidity?

Am I just being paranoid?
Or do I need to consider moving the system out of the piano room and perhaps listen with headphones?

Thanks everyone!





hleeid
Not paranoid, certainly not. Neurotic, certainly. But considering you are an audiophile, well within the normal range.

There's more to it than humidity. Kept at stable room temp, no problem. Cycle temp up and down 10 degrees per day and it won't matter what the temp, air warms up faster than metal, and humid air condenses into water on cold metal.

Set the thermostat and leave it alone, you will be fine. 
You can listen to that set up ? You need big upgrades. You need real speakers, you need good tube equipment and you need analog source too, including tape, to make recordings.

Steinway wins, i would agree with @inna that a recording device would be nice.
Humidity up to 60% is acceptable.
A humidifier-ionizer can work, some of them have low noise.

G