"adapting piece" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to describe an object or process that has been modified or adjusted to a new or specific purpose. For example, "The scientists developed an adapting piece of equipment in order to measure the impact of climate change on the local ecosystem."
It would be perfect, for example, in amplifying some of Mingus's cooler octet pieces from the 1940's and 50's -- or for practically anything else, since he thought nothing of adapting pieces for radically different groups, from orchestra to small band.
Now, as an instrument builder, I am having this dialogue: the engineer/inventor is asking the musician, "What do you need now, what should we try?" Based on some experience playing shows, I'm building and adapting pieces specifically for live performance.
And an adapted piece drawn from a forthcoming Kotik opera, titled String Noise William, featured some varied writing for the same violin partners.
But the Sichuan had clearly adapted piece-mold casting to their own purposes, and they had their own style and subject matter.
Although the Chinese scale differs from the Western scale, lacking some half notes, the musicians have adapted pieces as different as Mozart's nocturnes and the soundtrack of "The Godfather".
Shrewd as well as dominating, Duras developed the lucrative habit of adapting a piece of her own material from one medium to another.
With all this in mind, I wasn't surprised that Tankian's latest creative project involved adapting a piece of technology.
"The problem when adapting a piece of material like that is that you always feel like something is missing," he explained.
Unfortunately when you adapt a piece of work some of your characters have to go.
Executives are now seeking a writer to adapt the piece for the big screen.
