TIM Morris would say Kidderminster is lucky to have a "gem" of an organ so admired it draws visitors from as far away as Australia and America.

There are many who would add the historic Hill Organ in the Town Hall is fortunate to have a custodian and nationally acclaimed player like Tim Morris to take care of it.

As chairman of the Hill Organ Promotion Society he ensures the community receives maximum enjoyment from what he describes as a "unique instrument". He organises celebrity recitals and is himself its most regular recital player.

To Mr Morris, of Comberton Road, Kidderminster, playing the organ built in situ by the eminent organ maker William Hill in 1855 is a joy, like "driving a vintage Rolls Royce".

He is tremendously proud of having it in his charge as district organist for Wyre Forest District Council. It is perhaps the only important organ in the country that has not been modernised or rebuilt.

Mr Morris owes much to St George's Church in his musical and private life. It was there as a young child he first became intrigued with the organ and sensitive to its variety of tone and diversity.

Already a piano student, the 10-year-old schoolboy during holidays from Bromsgrove School would spend many hours in the draughty church practising his Bach fugues.

He met his wife, Jane, in the church community and they wed there in 1978. He is now director of music at St George's, rehearsing every week with the choir and playing twice on Sundays.

His grandfather, Henry, was a piano teacher and his children, Harriett, 16, and Esther, 11, have inherited musical talents.

Mr Morris has national standing as an organ recitalist - recently performing at Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, and Shrewsbury Abbey - and also as a doyen in the world of church music. He is currently area secretary of the Royal School of Church Music and deeply involved in the organisation of church music workshops, festivals and other educational projects.

Mr Morris hesitates however when asked if he would like music to be his whole working life. At age 46 he is committed to his professional life as an industrial and commercial property consultant, surveyor and valuer.

He set up his own business three years ago after 21 years as a partner with a Wyre Forest estate agency.

He is also known in Kidderminster as a magistrate after being appointed at the relatively young age of 31, in 1984 and following in his father's footsteps. "I enjoy making a contribution to the bench. It's an interesting challenge in this day and age," he said.