sentences:  There is a fine example on display in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts; the tube of this particular "salpinx" is long and consists of thirteen cylindrical parts made of ivory; the instrument's bell and mouthpiece are both made of bronze, as are the rings used to hold the ivory sections together; the instrument is thought to date from the second half of the 5th century BCE.The Greek playwright Aeschylus described the sound of the "salpinx" as "shattering"; the word "salpinx" is thought to mean "thunderer".At the Olympic Games, contests of trumpet playing were introduced for the first time in 396 BCE.