Ralph Carrier:  

CLASS OF 1970
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Parkside High SchoolClass of 1970
Jackson, MI

Ralph's Story

I am from Jackson, Michigan. I went to Parkside High School, and later attended ITT Technical Institute, in Grand Rapids, MI (Electronic Engineering Technology.) On 6/25/13 I was awarded US Patent #8,468,626. It is listed at USPTO.gov. I'm still looking for an investor.. I was in the Air Force from 1970-74. I volunteered for Viet Nam, but it was more about wanting to "get it over with" than it was for any heroic desire or patriotism. Graduated ITT Technical Institute 1983. Worked...Expand for more
in automotive and aerospace programs to 1999, then made career change to truck driver, which ended recently. Once I "retired" I enrolled at Grand Rapids Community College where I studied music theory, violin, piano, and classical guitar performance with an interest in teaching music. Began making violins in 1986, and am currently finishing #30. (One of those is a viola). Visit my Facebook page "Mill Creek Violins" to see some of my work. I'll update it periodically. Peace friends.
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Yearbooks

Parkside High School 1970 yearbook cover photo
1970 Yearbook
Parkside High School
JACKSON, MI
Parkside High School 1969 yearbook cover photo
1969 Yearbook
Parkside High School
JACKSON, MI
Parkside High School 1968 yearbook cover photo
1968 Yearbook
Parkside High School
JACKSON, MI
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Ralph Carrier's Classmates profile album
Varnish. What a nightmare for me. I can easily spend six months on a varnish job.
Crumby picture. Too much light.
Instument on consignment locally.
Looking up at the house.
The creek in my back yard. As we speak, teaming with steelhead.
Back. Kind of an inverted "sunburst".
Back.
G Strad pattern, belly. Magnificent instrument.
Back.
Small Strad pattern, belly. Auctioned in New York for the USO. Made of 200 year old cherry wood. A superior instrument, if not particularlly beautiful.
"G" Strad pattern, belly. Fernandus Gagliano f-holes. Nice instrument.
Back.
Back.
Another original pattern, belly. Fernandus Gagliano f-holes.
Viola - 16", back.
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Viola - 16", belly. An up-sized verion of the previous violin. Respectable instrument.
Ralph Carrier's album, Timeline photos
Ralph Carrier's album, Timeline photos
The two in the foreground have a red pigment in the glaze, whereas the far one is only crimson and green. (Crimson is red, but a different shade.) Anyway, the red stuff I use was so old I had to resort to a monkey wrench to
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