How did you feel when the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City, purchased an instrument?
I always enjoyed having a cup of coffee and hanging out at the museum. And later, after meeting with their board of trustees and the cogniscenti for a perusal of the instrument, they bought one. I was delighted. Right or wrong, a lot of people became aware of your instrument due to an early ’80s – video by the Police, on which Andy Summers played a Gittler. What was your reaction to seeing it in a rock video? In my reclusive manner, we had just come to Israel quietly, without fanfare, without money. Three small cartons, three small kids, and no phone. I had no idea the video was running, and that a hundred people were trying to reach me; a short while before, I had cut off all communication with my machinist in New York, due to Ned Steinberger mysteriously finding his way to him and getting an intimate look at my tuner. I was amused to hear that he brought Washburn Guitars to court for infringing on what he was already considering to be his tuner design. Washburn’s attorney introduced
