While the visual effect is imposing and impressive from the outside, the purpose of the auditorium's high roof was to enhance the acoustics on the inside (with limited success).
It will be reinstalled in its original location at the heart of Sir Leslie Martin's concert auditorium in time for the instrument's 60th anniversary celebration in 2014.
He's doing all he can to make sure that those who want to can move from the auditorium to the town's newest subdivision of travel trailers just down the street.