a method for attaching a stretched damper wire to a cathode ray tube including the steps of locating each end of a damper wire at a first position with respect to a pair of damper springs and welding each end of the damper wire to each of the damper springs while holding the damper wire between each of the damper springs and a welding ribbon . next , the damper springs are moved to a frame of the cathode ray tube and welded at second positions thereof to upstanding portions of said frame so as to stretch the damper wire between the damper springs on an aperture grill .