Arthur, I took to looking at my recurve' s b. height of 5.5" and thought that to be quite low. So I looked up Martin' s website and saw that their Hatfield (closest thing I can find to what my bow is without the name on it) had a brace height of 7 1/4-8" . I immediately went to twisting and got to 7 1/2" and took to the outdoors. What a difference! Not just in arrow flight but everything about the bow. Almost as if it was reborn! Its more accurate and unbelievably more quiet! Thanks again for bringing this to my attention.