Callan Artino Grade 3 Dummy Lever

One part covers both hands. The Artino lever is reversible for left or right hand, so you order by finish only and set the hand at install. That matters on a pair of doors where the inactive leaf swings opposite the active one, and it means a property manager can stock a single part for a whole building.

Grade 3 is the residential duty level, and the Artino is catalogued for residential use. It's a fit for apartment interiors, closets, and single-family work. For a commercial corridor, a school, or anything taking public traffic, step up: the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim is Grade 2 medium duty, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is Grade 1 heavy duty. On a dummy specifically the grade matters less than on a latching lock, since nothing is cycling, but the lever and rose still take abuse in a high-traffic opening.

You need a latching function, not this one. Passage levers in the same residential Grade 3 class include the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton, and for a bed or bath door the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton is the privacy version. If you want commercial-grade trim on the working leaf, the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage lever and the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 non-handed passage lever. The Artino dummy is the counterpart piece, so pair it with whichever functioning lever you standardize on and match the finish by hand.

A dummy has no latch and no chassis running through the door, so there's no cross-bore to drill and no backset to match. It fastens to the face of the leaf with the supplied combination screws, wood or metal. That's the practical advantage on a retrofit: you can mount one on a leaf that was never bored, and if you're covering an old 2-1/8 inch bore you'll need a filler plate, because the dummy rose alone is not sized to hide standard lock prep.

The Artino dummy lever is a Grade 3 residential cylindrical leverset, so on a commercial corridor or a high traffic opening the direct functional counterpart is the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim, a Grade 1 heavy duty non-keyed dummy lever. The BEST 7KC Series 1DT single dummy trim is the medium duty Grade 2 version of the same idea. All three are dummy function, meaning a fixed lever with no latch, so the swap is about duty rating rather than how the door behaves.

A dummy lever has no latch at all, so if the door needs to stay shut you want a passage function instead. In Grade 3 the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever set covers interior hall and closet doors on 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. Stepping up, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty non-handed cylindrical passage lever, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty fire rated passage lock for 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors.

No. The Artino dummy lever is fixed trim used as a counterpart to functioning hardware or where a latch is not needed. A passage lever turns and retracts a latch: the Bravura Atlanta, Orlando and Tampa leversets are all Grade 2 passage function, and the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage lever for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. If someone specifies passage, a dummy will not hold the door closed; if someone specifies dummy, a passage set adds a latch and a strike prep the opening may not have.

The Artino is a Grade 3 residential set. For multi-family common areas and institutional corridors the graded alternatives are heavier: the Accentra 455LN Augusta in the 5400 Series is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim. Both are dummy function like the Artino, so they suit the same fixed-lever application at a higher ANSI grade.

Fire rated openings are covered by peers that carry the rating: the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 fire rated vandal resistant passage lever for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty fire rated passage lock for 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. Both are passage function, so they latch the door rather than acting as fixed trim like the Artino dummy.

No keying on a dummy. It's a non-keyed fixed pull with nothing to lock, so keyway and rekeying questions don't apply to it. If you're specifying keyed hardware for the same doors and want everything on one key, look at a keyed function in the same family and key it to your existing system there. Locksmiths ordering trim for an existing keyed opening should confirm which leaf actually needs the cylinder before adding a dummy to the order.

The Artino dummy lever is a reversible single unit, so a pair of doors takes two of them. If you would rather order one item that ships as a pair, the Emtek Arts and Crafts lever dummy and the Emtek Hammered lever dummy are both sold as dummy pairs, as is the Emtek Cortina lever in the Classic brass leverset family. For a handed half dummy the Baldwin Estate 5103 comes as a left hand half dummy and as a right hand half dummy, ordered by hand rather than reversed in the field.

A dummy carries no function, so the functioning doors around it need their own sets. Within one trim family the Baldwin Estate 5103 lever on the 5048 rose is offered as a half dummy, a passage lever and a privacy lever, which keeps the lever shape consistent across closet, hall and bath doors. If the entry doors need a key, the Cal-Royal AUS00 is a Grade 3 entrance and office lever with a solid brass forged body for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Master Lock RL Series return style lever is a Grade 3 keyed entry set.

Privacy function locks from the inside, which a dummy lever cannot do at all. In Grade 3 the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set fits 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. In Grade 2 the Hager 2540 privacy lock with the Withnell lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever on the 5048 rose matches the 5103 trim if the rest of the doors use it.

No. A dummy lever is fixed trim with no latch and no access control. For keyless openings the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock, the Emtek Classic keypad leverset is a keypad set in the Classic trim family, and the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1-3/16 inch to 2 inch. The Lockey 2835DC is the double combination version of that lock.

For thicker doors the peer sets that state their range are the clearer choice. The Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Arrow GL01 Grade 2 Sierra lever passage lock covers 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch, and the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. The Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever is fire rated and fits 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors.

The Artino uses an SC1 solid brass 5 pin cylinder that can be removed for easy re-keying, though a dummy lever does not operate a latch. If a door on the same keyway has to actually lock, the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is a Grade 2 set with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different on a 2-3/8 inch backset, the AG03 classroom lever is the same keyway on a 2-3/4 inch backset, and the Arrow MK33-BD-CS asylum lock is a Grade 2 heavy duty set with a conventional Schlage C keyway cylinder.

Storeroom function keeps the outside lever locked and requires a key, which a dummy lever cannot do. The Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever lockset with a deadlocking latchbolt for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2580 with the Withnell lever is a Grade 2 storeroom lock for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. For a utility or institutional room the Dexter C1000 asylum lock is a Grade 1 set for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

Both are single dummy cylindrical levers. The Artino is a Grade 3 residential set with all metal construction, reversible handing and concealed screws, offered in US15 satin nickel, US19 black and US10BE edged bronze. The Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy in the 5400 Series. The choice comes down to the grade the opening is specified at and the lever style you want to match.

All metal construction on the Artino, lever and rose alike. That's the thing worth checking on a residential-grade dummy, because a fixed pull takes side load every time somebody grabs it and a zinc-over-plastic lever loosens on the rose. Available in satin nickel, black, and edged bronze.