Emtek Classic Brass Leverset - Merrimack Lever, Dummy (Pair)

No boring needed. The Merrimack dummy pair is surface mount, so it screws to the face of the door with no 2-1/8 inch cross bore and no latch prep. That is what makes it the go-to for closet doors, French door inactive leaves, and any slab where you want the look of a working lever without cutting into it. It's a pair, so you get a lever on both faces.

Yes, handing is an order choice: left hand or right hand. Merrimack is a shaped lever, so the lever body is oriented to the door. Stand outside the door (the side it swings away from) and if the hinges are on your left it's left hand, hinges on the right it's right hand. On a pair of doors ordered as a set for two leaves, you'd typically mirror them, so order accordingly.

The Merrimack dummy pair can be built on any of seven brass rosettes: #8, Oval, Quincy, Rectangular, Regular, Watford, and Wilshire. That is the point of the range, matching a dummy on a closet or French door back to the passage and privacy sets already hung elsewhere in the house. Pick the rosette that matches your existing trim rather than defaulting to Regular.

A dummy has no latch and no moving mechanism. The Merrimack dummy pair is a fixed pull, it does not turn and it does not hold the door shut, so you need a ball catch, roller catch or magnetic catch to keep the door closed. A passage set has a working latchbolt and the lever retracts it. If the door needs to latch, go with a passage function like the Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage lever or the Bravura Miramar passage leverset rather than a dummy.

The Merrimack dummy lever pair is a residential brass leverset with a dummy function, so it is specified for interior doors in homes and light-traffic settings. For an opening that calls for a commercial-grade dummy, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim cylindrical lever is a Grade 1 heavy duty non-keyed dummy, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever. Both are single dummy trims - one lever for one face of the door - where the Merrimack dummy is sold as a pair for both faces of a door or for a pair of doors.

A dummy lever is a surface mounted pull with no latch and no door prep, so it holds nothing shut. For a closet or hall door that needs a latch but no lock, the Baldwin Estate 5103 passage lever with 5048 rose is a passage function lever in a comparable decorative style, and the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever. For a bedroom or bathroom that needs to lock from the inside, the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with 5048 rose is the privacy function version of the same lever.

Several cylindrical levers share the shape but not the function. The Falcon B101 and Falcon K101 are passage locks with a working latch, the Hager 2510 is a Grade 2 passage lever, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage/closet lever - all of these latch and all require a bored door prep. The Merrimack dummy is surface mount with no door prep and no latch at all, so swapping one in either leaves an unprepped door or an unused bore. Keyed models such as the Hager 2580 storeroom lever and the Cal-Royal AG05 Grade 2 storeroom lever are further still from a dummy.

For a 2 inch door, the Deltana 6201 Manchester, 6411 Morant and 6431 Linstead entry levers all cover 1-3/8 to 2 inches, and the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever covers 1-3/8 to 2 inches. On the heavy commercial side, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 passage/closet lever is built for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors.

The Merrimack dummy is a residential surface mount trim with no latch, so it is not the part for a rated opening where the latch is what does the work. Among cylindrical levers, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock carries a fire rating, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 passage/closet lever carries a fire rating. For a rated privacy opening the Arrow MK02-TA is fire rated with a Tudor knob rather than a lever.

Brass throughout, both the lever and the rosette. That matters for finish behavior over time: the Unlacquered Brass (US3NL) option is bare brass and will patina with handling, while Polished Brass Lifetime (US3) and Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14) are coated to hold their look. On a dummy that gets pulled dozens of times a day, unlacquered will show wear patterns at the grip first.

Ten: 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). The US codes let you match to hardware from another brand already in the building, a US15 satin nickel dummy will sit alongside a US15 hinge or a US15 passage set.

Yes, and that's the usual application. On a pair of French doors the inactive leaf typically carries no working lockset, so a surface mount dummy on both faces gives you a matching pull with nothing cut into the slab. Order handing to mirror the active leaf's lever, and note the dummy holds nothing shut, the leaf still needs a flush bolt or surface bolt at the head and sill.

Cover depends on your existing hole. The Merrimack dummy is surface mount and screws to the face, so it does not use a cross bore, but its rosette has to be large enough to conceal whatever hole is already there. If you're coming off a bored 2-1/8 inch prep, choose a larger rosette (Oval, Watford, Wilshire, Rectangular or Quincy) rather than assuming the smallest one covers it. Where the existing lock is a bored dummy trim and you'd rather keep the prep, a bored dummy such as the BEST 7KC Series single dummy trim drops into it directly.

The lever pair and rosettes come as a complete set with mounting screws, but a dummy has no latch, so the door needs its own way of staying closed. Budget for a ball catch, roller catch or magnetic catch, and on a pair of doors, flush or surface bolts for the inactive leaf. You specify three things when ordering: finish, rosette style, and handing.

A dummy lever has no locking mechanism at all, so a keyless opening needs a different part. The Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1-3/16 to 2 inches, and the Lockey 2835DC is the double combination version. The Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination, passage function, for 1-1/8 to 2 inch doors, and the 1150S adds an adjustable backset. For an electronic keypad, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock.

Both are dummy function decorative levers. The Merrimack is a solid brass leverset sold as a pair and can be ordered with any brass rosette, with seven rosette shapes including oval, Quincy, rectangular, Watford and Wilshire, in ten finishes from unlacquered brass to flat black. The Baldwin Estate 5103 dummy comes as a half dummy on a fixed 5048 rose and is ordered as a specific hand, left or right. The Merrimack is handed as well, left or right.

The Merrimack is a residential brass lever in an American Classic style. For rental interiors where a functioning latch is the point, the Kwikset 200BRNL Breton passage lever is Grade 3 and fits 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same door thickness range the Merrimack covers, and the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever is the bed and bath version at the same grade and thickness range. The Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in satin nickel, and the Bravura Miramar with round trim is a Grade 2 passage leverset in US4 satin brass, a finish the Merrimack also offers.

The Merrimack dummy is non-keyed, so entries need a separate keyed lever. Within the same residential decorative range, the Deltana 5851 Claremont and 6201 Manchester are entry function levers, and the Callan Bennett is a Grade 3 entrance leverset with a deadbolt combo. For commercial entries, the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 cylindrical entry lock and the Dexter C1000 entry/office is a Grade 1 keyed clutching lever; the Cal-Royal AG00 entrance lever uses a 6-pin Schlage C keyway with a 2-3/8 inch backset if the building keys to Schlage C.

The Merrimack is a residential solid brass lever set as a pair, ordered by hand and by rosette shape, in ten finishes. The BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim, and the BEST 9K Series 1DT is the Grade 1 heavy duty equivalent. In a corridor where the trim gets pulled on constantly, the graded commercial dummy trims are the ones written to a duty level; the Merrimack is written to a residential setting and a decorative finish range.

The Merrimack is one lever design that can be ordered with any brass rosette, including #8, oval, Quincy, rectangular, regular, Watford and Wilshire shapes, across ten finishes. Deltana offers several distinct lever designs in entry function - Claremont, Manchester, Morant and Linstead - and Bravura offers Miramar and Atlanta and Orlando with round trim plus Tampa with square trim, all Grade 2 passage leversets, if the goal is varying the lever shape rather than the rosette.