Stabilizing/ mass loading tubes with top contact?


Has anyone ever experimented with the idea of placing some sort of open grid above tubes that would stabilize them (by utilizing a contact point), mass load and damp them? My (perhaps ill conceived) concept being that the tube now has 2 points of stabilization - the base and now the top. I believe there are some electronics applications (military planes) where the tube is stabilized from the top with a spring and held in place.

Would this damp vibration and lower the resonance point better than just a tube damper? Obviously I'm thinking of an open framework that would still allow heat to rise.

Any thoughts on this?
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You could ask Steve Herbelin about your idea, since he makes his living by controlling tube microphonics, and his tube damper product line has continually evolved.
I use Marigo Audio 3mm white dots at the base of all my tubes, including rectifier tubes. The results are truly stunning. Happy listening.