Emtek Designer Brass Leverset - Cortina Lever, Dummy (Pair)

Yes. The Cortina dummy pair is surface mount and needs no door prep, so it mounts to a solid door face with no 2-1/8 inch cross bore or latch bore cut. That's what makes it the usual pick for a false active leaf on a pair of French doors, a closet door with roller catches, or a non-operating panel where you just want the lever to match the rest of the openings.

No. It's a dummy, non-keyed, with no latch and no locking mechanism. The lever is fixed and does not turn to retract anything. If you need the door to stay shut on its own you want a passage function; if you need privacy on a bed or bath door, a privacy set. Buy the dummy only where a catch, ball catch, or magnetic catch is holding the door.

The Cortina lever is shaped, so the handing sets which way the lever points when mounted. Left Hand and Right Hand are the two choices. Stand outside the door: if the hinges are on your left it's a left hand door. On a pair of doors ordered as a dummy pair you normally want the two levers mirrored so they point toward each other, so confirm the hand for each leaf before ordering.

The Cortina dummy pair is a fixed lever only. For an operating decorative lever in the same residential vein, the Baldwin Estate 5103 comes in passage and privacy versions on the 5048 rose, and the same 5103 lever is offered as a half dummy in both left hand and right hand for the fixed leaf. That gives you one lever design carried across the operating and non-operating doors.

For a heavy duty commercial dummy lever, the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim is a Grade 1 non-keyed dummy cylindrical lever lock. The Accentra 455LN Augusta is also a heavy duty Grade 1 single dummy cylindrical lever lock in the 5400 Series. Both differ from the Emtek Cortina in one important way for a double door: they are single dummy trim, so a pair of doors needs two of them, while the Cortina dummy is a brass leverset sold as a complete pair set for both faces.

The Cortina dummy pair is a dummy function leverset - it is surface mounted with no door prep and does not operate a latch. For a door that needs to latch and stay closed, a passage function lever is the substitute: the Accentra 5301LN Augusta is a Grade 2 passage/hall/closet cylindrical lever, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty passage lever with a non-handed design, and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty fire rated passage lock covering 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors. For a residential-look match closer to the Cortina, the Baldwin Estate 5103 is offered in a passage version with the 5048 rose.

The Emtek Cortina dummy is sold as a complete pair set, which suits a double door or a set of French doors where both faces need a lever. For a single face only, a half dummy is the correct part: the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy lever with the 5048 rose is offered in left hand and right hand versions, and the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim cylindrical lever. The Callan Bentley is another Grade 2 dummy lever option.

No. The Cortina dummy pair is non-keyed with a dummy function, meaning the lever is fixed trim and there is no latch or locking mechanism behind it. A bed or bath door needs a privacy function instead: the Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose is the design-matched option, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton is a Grade 3 privacy leverset for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Arrow MK02-TA is a fire rated privacy lock with a Tudor knob rather than a lever.

The Emtek Cortina dummy is a residential brass leverset, so an opening written to an ANSI Grade 1 commercial spec is better served by a graded line. The Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant fire rated passage lock for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors, the Design Hardware X75 is a Grade 1 passage lever lockset for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Falcon T101 is a Grade 1 heavy duty passage lever. If a Grade 1 dummy is what the schedule calls for, the BEST 9K Series 1DT covers it.

The Cortina dummy pair covers 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, so a full 2 inch door falls outside it. Levers that reach 2 inches include the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage lever at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, the Deltana 6201 Manchester entry lever at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch, and the Dexter C1000 asylum function at 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. The Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage lock goes further at 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch. All of these are latching functions rather than dummy trim.

1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches, which covers standard interior residential doors and full 1-3/4 inch doors alike. Because it's a surface-mounted dummy, there's no through-bolt spindle length to work out, but stay inside that range so the mounting hardware seats properly.

Three rose styles: Lancaster, Ribbon & Reed, and Rope. The lever can be ordered with any of the brass rosettes, so you match the rose to whatever is already on the other doors rather than being locked to one look. Rope and Ribbon & Reed are the decorative traditional roses; Lancaster is the plainer of the three.

Seven finishes: French Antique (US7), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Pewter (US15A), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Polished Chrome (US26), Satin Nickel (US15), and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). A split finish can be specified on the order if you want one finish on the corridor side and another on the room side. Note Unlacquered Brass is a living finish and will patina; Polished Brass Lifetime is the coated one that stays bright.

A dummy pair gives you a lever on both sides of the door; a half dummy is a single lever for one face only. The Cortina is the pair. If you're doing a closet or a pantry door that's only ever pulled from the hall side, a half dummy such as the Baldwin Estate 5103 (ordered left hand or right hand) is the cheaper and correct choice, and you'd order two dummy pairs only for a set of double doors leverd on both faces.

No. The Cortina dummy pair is a surface mounted brass leverset that requires no door prep, intended as fixed pull trim on a door face. Lever trim built for an exit device is a different part: the Corbin Russwin 585F715 is a Grade 1 lock lever for the ED8000 pushpad exit device, and the Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is a heavy duty escutcheon lever trim with an entry function. Those mount to a device chassis rather than standing alone on the door.

The Cortina dummy is non-keyed, so a keyed opening needs an entry or entrance function lever. In a decorative solid brass style, the Deltana 5851 Claremont and Deltana 6411 Morant are entry levers, with the Morant covering 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. On the commercial side, the Cal-Royal AG00 is a Grade 2 entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different and a 2-3/8 inch backset for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 commercial entry lever.

The Cortina is a solid brass designer leverset offered in seven finishes including Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Satin Nickel (US15) and Polished Chrome (US26), with a choice of Lancaster, Ribbon and Reed, or Rope rosette. For a plainer fleet-standard lever, the Bravura Atlanta, Orlando and Miramar are Grade 2 passage leversets with round trim, and the Bravura Tampa uses square trim; the Callan Asheville is a Grade 3 passage leverset in a satin nickel finish. Those are passage function, so they latch the door, unlike the fixed Cortina dummy.

Only if the door needs to actually latch and control access, which a dummy does not do. The Cortina dummy is a mechanical non-electronic lever with no lock function. If keyless operation is the goal, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch doors, the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with double combination for 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch doors, and the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock.

The Cortina dummy pair is ordered by handing, left hand or right hand. If a crew wants to stock one part for openings of either swing, the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 cylindrical passage lever with a non-handed design and the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 passage lock with non-handed levers. The Kwikset 200DL Delta passage lever is reversible and ships with an adjustable 6AL latch and RCS strike.

Institutional openings usually call for a keyed or controlled function rather than fixed dummy trim. The Dexter C1000 Series covers classroom and classroom security as Grade 1 clutching keyed cylindrical lever locks for 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch doors, plus an asylum F87 function for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors. The Cal-Royal AG05 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with a deadlocking latchbolt, and the Hager 2580 is a Grade 2 storeroom lever with the Withnell lever, both for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That matters on a dummy more than you'd think: it's a pull handle in daily use, and a brass body takes the load and holds the finish better than a plated zinc lever in a high-traffic residential opening. The Unlacquered Brass version is the same brass left uncoated so it ages.