Stupid question?

[Yamanewf]

Reed notch face up or down?

 

[Dfunkdf]

i believe its up

 

[Bischof]

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

 

[Yamanewf]

thanks bischof. I kinda thought you'd pipe in.
By the way it was the Japanese not the germans.

 

[yamaholic22]

notch goes up, straightens the flow into the transfer port, which you can see from the outside as the bulge on the intake side of the cylinder just above the reeds.