This chart comes from the National Library of Scotland manuscript MS.21733, from about 1820. It's incomplete, as there is a page missing. What remains is a set of fingerings for sharps and flats (with A sharp and B flat distinguished), fingerings for F and C natural in different registers, and fingerings for trills. Nothing is said about what note a trill starts on.
The note names are those of ABC.
Fingering chart for sharps and flats ^D 123 456- ^F 123 4--- ^G 12- 456- _B 1-3 4-6- ^c --- 456- ^d 123 456- ^f 123 4--- ^g 12- 4--- ^a 12- 456- _b 1-3 ---- ^c' -23 4--- ^d' 123 -56- F 123 5-67 c -23 ---- f 123 4-67 c' -2- 456- f' 12- 4--- Shakes to the Natural Notes * keep the finger on the hole after the shake + take it off after D 123 45*7 E 123 4*-7 F 123 *-67 G 12* ---7 A 1*- ---7 B *-- ---7 c -23 +567 d -23 45*7 e 123 4*-7 f 123 *-67 g 12* ---7 a 1*- ---7 b *-- ---7 c -23 ++6- d -23 -++-
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