Emtek Classic Brass Leverset - Cortina Lever, Privacy Set

Yes. The Cortina privacy leverset drops into standard door prep with a 2-1/8 inch cross bore, and covers doors from 1-3/8 inch up to 2-1/4 inch thick. The one exception is the STRETTO rosette, which needs a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore and a 2-hole door preparation for the thumbturn. Latch backset is adjustable, and you pick 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch when you order.

Backset is a required selection: 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. The standard latch ships 2-3/8 inch, so if the existing bore is set back further from the door edge you have to call out 2-3/4 inch on the order. Measure from the door edge to the center of the 2-1/8 inch cross bore and match it. Those two are the only backsets used on residential bored prep, so one of them will match a factory-prepped door.

Non-keyed. The Cortina privacy set is a bed and bath function: it locks from the inside with a thumbturn and has no cylinder, no key, and no keyway to match to a master system. If you need a keyed opening, this is the wrong function. For a bedroom or bathroom door it is exactly right.

Handing matters here. The Cortina is offered Left Hand (LH) and Right Hand (RH), so you order to the door. Stand outside the door, on the side you would push it away from you: hinges on the left is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. Ordering the wrong hand puts the lever pointing up the door instead of down.

It ships as a complete set, latch and strike plate included, so nothing else is needed to hang it on a prepped door. You do choose the latch faceplate corner, round or square, to match the existing mortise in the door edge. Cut a square-corner pocket and a round faceplate leaves a gap, so match what is already routed if you are replacing.

Residential. The Cortina is a tubular brass bored lockset built for houses and interior doors, not for a commercial corridor or a rated opening. For a commercial privacy application, look at a Grade 2 cylindrical privacy lock such as the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever, which fits 1-3/8 to 2 inch doors, or the Arrow MK02-TA privacy lock, which is fire rated. Those are the right tools where the spec calls for a grade.

Function is the whole difference. Privacy gives you a thumbturn that locks the door from inside, for a bedroom or bathroom. A passage lever latches but never locks, for a hall or closet. A dummy is a pull only, no latch at all, for a closet or an inactive leaf of a pair. In a comparable decorative line, the Baldwin Estate 5103 with the 5048 rose is offered in all three: privacy, passage, and half dummy in left and right hand. Order by the function the door actually needs, because the trim looks the same either way.

The Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose is the nearest match in the same category: a decorative privacy/bed/bath lever set for interior doors, sold with its rose trim, the same function the Cortina privacy set performs. Both are non-keyed privacy levers meant for bedroom and bathroom doors rather than keyed entry. The Cortina differs in how it is configured - it is ordered in ten finishes from Flat Black (US19) through Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), on seven brass rosette shapes including the Oval, Quincy, Rectangular and Wilshire, and with a choice of Standard Latch, 28 Degree Rotation Latch, or the CF Mechanism that leaves no exposed screws on the rosette. The Baldwin 5103 privacy is built around the single 5048 rose. Both are handed, so confirm left or right hand from the hinge side before ordering.

The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton privacy lever set is a straightforward privacy/bed/bath lever, Grade 3, that fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick - the same door thickness window the Cortina privacy set is specified for, so it drops into the same standard interior door prep. The Kwikset Breton comes as a fixed trim design. The Emtek Cortina is a brass set in the American Classic style, ordered in ten finishes and on a choice of seven brass rosettes, with a 4-3/8 inch lever width and 2-1/4 inch projection. If the doors in the unit are already prepped 2-1/8 inch bore with a 2-3/8 inch backset, either will land on that prep.

The Emtek Cortina privacy set is a residential brass lever specified for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, so a 2 inch door is outside that range. For a thicker fire-rated opening, the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy/bed/bath cylindrical lock with a fire rating, non-keyed, fitting doors 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch thick. The Arrow MK02-TA uses a Tudor knob rather than a lever, so if the opening also has to meet a lever requirement, the Hager 2540 with the Withnell lever is a Grade 2 privacy cylindrical lock covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

Projection off the door face is 2-1/4 inch and the lever is 4-3/8 inch wide, with 1 inch of clearance between the back of the lever and the door surface. That 1 inch is the knuckle gap, so it clears a gloved hand. Where the lever swings toward a wall or trim, use the 4-3/8 inch width plus the handing to check that the free end is not landing on the casing.

CF stands for concealed fastener: pick it and the rosettes mount with no exposed screws on the face, which is what people want on a visible interior door. The CF selection includes the 28 degree rotation latch. If you do not care about screw heads showing, the standard latch is the plain option, and the 28 degree latch can also be ordered on its own. All three are latch choices on the same set.

The Cortina lever can be ordered with any brass rosette. Seven shapes are offered: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford, and Wilshire. That is how you match a run of doors where the trim style is already set, or pair a round rose on one opening with a rectangular one elsewhere in the same finish.

The Emtek Cortina is a solid brass decorative set, which is more lock than a quick turnover usually needs. The Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set is a Grade 3 privacy lock covering 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, which is the same range of interior door the Cortina handles at the thin end. If you are standardizing a building on one look, though, the Cortina range of ten finishes and seven rosettes is what lets you match every opening.

The Cortina privacy set is a privacy/bed/bath lever - it has a thumbturn and no key, which is what a bedroom or bath needs and more than a hall or closet door needs. For those doors, the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever with the 5048 rose is a passage/hall/closet lever from the same decorative residential family. If matching commercial-style trim across a run of interior doors matters more than the decorative look, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever with a non-handed design, and the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage cylindrical lever fitting doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick. Passage levers latch but do not lock, so keep them off bathrooms.

No. A half dummy is a pull only - the Baldwin Estate 5103 left hand half dummy and its right hand counterpart mount to the door face with no latch and no lock, so nothing holds the door shut and nothing secures it. The Emtek Cortina privacy set is a working tubular privacy lockset sold complete with latch and strike plate and a thumbturn for bed and bath doors. Order a dummy such as the Baldwin 5103 half dummy or the Callan Bentley Grade 2 dummy lever only for the inactive leaf of a pair or a closet door that latches by ball catch, and match handing on the half dummy to the leaf it lands on.

No. The Cortina privacy set is non-keyed - it locks from the inside only, which is the privacy/bed/bath function. For a keyed opening, the Deltana 6201 Manchester lever is an entry-function lever covering doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, and the Deltana 6431 Linstead lever is an entry-function lever over the same door thickness range if you want a different lever shape. On a commercial-style opening, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick, and the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever is a Grade 2 unit with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway and a 2-3/8 inch backset.

The Cortina privacy set is a residential brass leverset, well suited to apartment interiors, hospitality guest rooms and single-family bed and bath doors, and it standardizes cleanly across those because one lever shape is available in ten finishes and seven rosette styles. For back-of-house and higher-traffic openings in the same building, heavy duty commercial cylindrical levers are the parallel line: the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 non-handed passage lever that is fire rated and fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever, fire rated, for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Dexter C1000 entry/office lever is Grade 1 for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors. A common approach is Cortina on the resident-facing interior doors and one commercial series behind the staff doors.

Ten finishes: Flat Black (US19), French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). Unlacquered brass will patina with handling rather than stay bright, which is intentional on that one. If you need two finishes on the same set, a split finish can be called out when ordering.

The Lockey 2835 mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock is a passage-function unit with ADA compliance for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick, and the Lockey 1150S heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set has an adjustable backset and fits doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch. Both cover a wider door thickness range than the Cortina privacy set, which is specified for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors on a 2-1/8 inch bore with a 2-3/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch backset. They are a different job, though: the Lockey units are code-entry hardware for a controlled door, while the Cortina is a thumbturn privacy set for bed and bath. Do not put a keypad on a bathroom door expecting privacy behavior.

Function is the difference that matters. The Bravura Miramar with round trim in US4 Satin Brass and the Bravura Atlanta and Orlando round-trim levers are all Grade 2 passage/hall/closet levers - they latch the door but do not lock. The Emtek Cortina privacy set is a tubular privacy lock with a thumbturn, sold complete with latch and strike plate, for bed and bath doors. Trim shape is a second difference: the Cortina is ordered on any of seven brass rosette styles including Oval, Rectangular and Wilshire, and the Bravura Tampa uses square trim if a squared rose is what the room calls for.