Emtek 3050 Albany Brass Mortise Entrance Handleset - Dummy

Handing is required on the Albany 3050, and you order it as LH or RH. Emtek requires handing on all its mortise locks, so a dummy set ordered in the wrong hand shows up with the thumbpiece and lever throw working against the swing. Stand outside the door, on the side the handleset mounts: hinges on your left is left hand, hinges on your right is right hand. Both hands are stocked in every finish.

It is trim only, no functioning lock. The 3050 Albany is a dummy: non-keyed, no latch to operate, no bolt. It mounts to the face of the door and gives you the same Albany handle, thumbpiece and inside knob or lever as the working version. Standard use is the inactive leaf of a double door, or a door held by a roller catch or ball catch. If the door has to latch or lock, this is the wrong function and you want the keyed entrance version of the handleset instead.

Backset is 2-1/2 or 2-3/4 inches, and the prep is a standard mortise pocket to ANSI A115.1. If the door is already prepped for a commercial mortise lock body, the Albany drops into that pocket. On a new slab, have the shop cut A115.1 and confirm which of the two backsets you ordered before the pocket is machined, since the two are not interchangeable once the wood is gone.

It ships as a complete set, but the inside trim is a required choice at order time. You pick one knob or lever from the Emtek brass range, and the selection is wide: levers like Stuttgart, Athena, Hermes, Luzern, Poseidon, Cortina, Milano and Rope; knobs like the Ace, Spoke, Orb, Round, Egg, Providence and Victoria; and crystal knobs including Bristol, Windsor, Georgetown and Diamond. Marble and knurled options are there too, on the L-Square, T-Bar, R-Bar and Conical roses. Nothing extra to buy on top, the interior trim is part of the set.

UL 180 minute is the rating carried on this handleset. That matters if the opening is a rated door in a corridor or a garage-to-house wall, where an unrated set will fail inspection.

The Emtek Albany 3050 is a mortise-prep brass dummy, so it wants an A115.1 pocket in the door. If your slab is not mortise prepped, two tubular-style dummy handlesets are worth a look: the Weslock 2815 Hillcrest with the New Heaven lever, and the Weslock 6695 Belmont with the Impresa knob, both in the dummy function and both covering doors from 1-3/8 to 2 inches thick. That thickness range is the practical difference: the Weslock sets take a thinner door without a special order, where the Emtek is built at 1-3/4 inches unless you call out otherwise.

The Weslock 2815 Hillcrest is a dummy handleset with a New Heaven lever in the Premiere Essentials Series, and the Weslock 6695 Belmont is a dummy handleset with an Impresa knob in the Elegance Series. Both are dummy function like the Emtek 3050 Albany, which is a non-keyed dummy mortise handleset in brass. The Emtek 3050 is a mortise design and requires handing plus a standard mortise ANSI A115.1 door prep; the two Weslock dummy handlesets carry a published door thickness range of 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Choose the Emtek 3050 when the door is already mortise-prepped or when the other doors in the run carry Emtek brass trim.

The Emtek 3050 Albany is a dummy, non-keyed set, so it does not lock. For a keyed opening, the Schlage Residential F60 Addison is a single cylinder keyed entry handleset with an Accent lever, Grade 2, in the F Series, fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. The Weslock 1411 Traditionale Colonial with Eleganti knob is a single cylinder keyed entry for doors 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch. If the door already carries a mortise pocket, the Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont entry mortise trim comes in single cylinder and double cylinder versions for a 1-3/4 inch door.

The Emtek 3050 Albany is built around a 1-3/4 inch door as standard, with thicker doors specified at the time of order. For a 1-3/8 inch door, the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington single cylinder handleset in satin nickel covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch, the Deltana 810871 Montego handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever, a Grade 2 J Series set, covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch.

No. The Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona with Seville lever is a non-keyed entry function, Grade 2, in the J Series, meaning the handle still operates a latch. The Emtek 3050 Albany is a dummy - the trim is fixed and there is no latch operation at all. A dummy is used on an inactive leaf of a pair or on a door held by a roller catch; a non-keyed entry set is used where the door still needs to latch shut.

The Albany 3050 in dummy function has no cylinder at all, so nothing keys to it. The series runs the Schlage C keyway, so if you are outfitting a whole house and want every door on one key, the keyed Albany handlesets on the active doors take Schlage C and can be keyed alike, while this dummy set covers the inactive leaf without needing a key.

Solid brass throughout, and the finish list runs eight: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) and French Antique (US7). Unlacquered brass is the one to think twice about on a fleet of units, since it is meant to patina and will not stay bright. Every one of the eight is stocked in both hands.

Mortise means a pocket routed into the edge of the door and a lock case dropped in, which is the heavier prep and the reason the Albany carries a UL 180 minute rating and an ANSI A115.1 door prep. Tubular sets bore through the face and are far quicker to install and to retrofit. If the door is already mortise prepped, or you want the mortise case and the fire rating, the Albany is the right family. If you are working an existing bored door and do not want to re-machine it, go tubular: the Schlage F60 Addison with the Accent lever is a Grade 2 keyed entry set for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Pamex FS7P31 Lexington covers the same thickness range.

The Emtek 3050 Albany is a non-electronic brass dummy set. For an electronic opening, the Kwikset 815SCEHFL-CP913CNT San Clemente pairs a Halifax lever interior trim with a contemporary SmartCode keypad electronic deadbolt, SmartKey, RCAL latch and RCS strike on a 1-3/4 inch door in the Signature Series. The Yale Real Living BYRD226CBARX Assure Lock adds a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth touchscreen deadbolt with the Ridgefield handleset for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the BYRD226NRRX is the standalone touchscreen version of the same Ridgefield pairing.

Both are mortise-door products. The Baldwin Estates 6542 Tremont is entry mortise trim for a 1-3/4 inch door, offered as single cylinder or double cylinder, so it is keyed and operates the mortise lock. The Emtek 3050 Albany is a complete dummy mortise entrance handleset in brass, non-keyed, sold as a set with the inside knob or lever chosen at order and handing specified left or right. Order the Baldwin trim when the mortise body is staying and only the trim is being replaced; order the Emtek 3050 when a full non-operating set is wanted.

The Emtek 3050 Albany is a brass mortise handleset in an American Classic style. In solid brass entry function, Deltana offers the 803871B Hanover, the 815871 St. Ann and the 825871 Kingston, each its own handleset series. Those are entry function sets, where the Emtek 3050 Albany is a dummy, so the Deltana sets are the direction to go when the door needs to operate and the brass appearance is the reason for the choice.

Among comparable handlesets, the Master Lock HDLBA0615/4D single cylinder deadbolt handleset in the HDLB Series is Grade 2, as are the Schlage Residential F60 Addison in the F Series and the Schlage Residential JE285 Barcelona in the J Series. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador and 687BW Belleview single cylinder handlesets are Grade 3, both for 1-3/4 inch doors. The Emtek 3050 Albany is a residential brass set carrying a UL 180 minute fire rating with a standard mortise ANSI A115.1 door prep.

Not as a like-for-like swap. The Kwikset 687AMD Amador single cylinder handleset with SmartKey is supplied exterior only, Grade 3, for a 1-3/4 inch door, and the 687AMD SMC version carries an SC1 keyway; the 687BW Belleview is the same exterior-only arrangement. The Emtek 3050 Albany is sold as a complete set with the inside knob or lever selected at order and handing specified. Use the Kwikset exterior sets when the interior trim is being kept, and the Emtek 3050 when both sides are being supplied.

Emtek classes the Albany brass handleset as residential. It is an American Classic style set in solid brass, aimed at homes, custom builds and multi-family front doors rather than a commercial storefront or an institutional corridor. For a commercial opening you would be looking at Grade 1 mortise hardware instead.

The Emtek 3050 Albany takes any Emtek brass knob or lever as the inside trim, chosen at the time of order. Among comparable handlesets supplied with a knob interior, the Baldwin Wesley handleset comes paired with the Alcott knob or the Carnaby knob, both entrance function, and the Weslock 2810 Hillcrest is a single cylinder handleset with the Hudson knob for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Those arrive as fixed pairings, where the Emtek 3050 leaves the interior knob or lever open to selection.

The Yale Real Living BYRD410BLERX Assure Lock 2 key-free touchscreen deadbolt with Wi-Fi and Ridgefield handleset covers 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. The BYRD256 CBARX Assure key free touchscreen deadbolt with Ridgefield passage handleset and trim, connected by August, is Wi-Fi for 1-3/4 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. The Emtek 3050 Albany is a non-electronic dummy set built around a 1-3/4 inch door.

The Schlage Residential JI18/19 is an interconnected passage lock with a keyed deadbolt and Torino lever in satin stainless steel, Grade 2 in the JI Series, for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. It combines a latching passage function with deadbolt security in one interconnected assembly. The Emtek 3050 Albany is a single mortise set in dummy function with no latch or bolt, so the JI18/19 is the direction when the opening needs both a working latch and a bolt.