Emtek Sandcast Bronze Leversets - Aurora Lever, Dummy (Pair)

No boring needed. The Aurora sandcast bronze dummy lever is surface mount, so it fastens to the face of the door with no 2-1/8 inch cross bore or latch bore. That makes it the usual choice for closet doors, pantry doors, and the inactive leaf of a French pair where nothing has to latch. If the door already has a standard bored prep from a previous lockset, a dummy will not cover a 2-1/8 inch hole, so you would want a passage function lockset there instead.

The Aurora lever is cast with a directional curve, so the lever has to point the correct way when mounted. Handing is ordered as Left Hand (LH) or Right Hand (RH). Stand outside the door, on the side it swings away from: hinges on the left is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. Because the set is a pair, both levers come oriented to the handing you select.

It is classified as residential hardware and is a non-keyed dummy, so it does not latch, lock, or carry a commercial cycle grade. For commercial openings where a graded product is called for, ZenSupply carries the BEST 9K Series 1DT single dummy trim at Grade 1 heavy duty and the Accentra 455LN Augusta single dummy at Grade 1. For unit interiors in a multi-family building where the look matters more than the grade, the Aurora is the right family.

A dummy lever has no latch and no spindle mechanism, so it will not hold a door closed. For a door that needs to latch but not lock, order a passage function lockset; for a bath or bedroom, a privacy function. In the same decorative class ZenSupply carries, the Baldwin Estate 5103 is offered in both passage and privacy with the 5048 rose.

The Emtek Aurora dummy is a residential non-keyed dummy leverset in sandcast bronze, sold as a pair with no door prep required. For a commercial-duty dummy in the same lever format, the BEST 9K Series 1DT is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy trim cylindrical lever, and the Accentra 455LN Augusta is a Grade 1 heavy duty single dummy cylindrical lever lock. Both are single dummy trim, so a pair of doors or a double door needs two, where the Emtek Aurora already ships as a pair.

A dummy lever does not latch or retract anything; it is surface mounted with no door prep. For a working latch in a comparably decorative residential line, the Baldwin Estate 5103 is offered in a passage version with the 5048 rose for hall and closet doors, and in a privacy version for bed and bath. Deltana also offers entry-function levers in decorative series such as the 6201 Manchester and 6431 Linstead, both listed for 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch doors.

They are not interchangeable in the door. The Emtek Aurora dummy is surface mounted with no door prep and has no latch, so a closet door that needs to stay shut requires a passage set with a latchbolt and a bored door prep - for example the Falcon B101 Grade 2 passage lever, the Dexter C1000 Grade 1 passage lever for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, or the Kwikset 200BRNL RDT Breton Grade 3 passage lever for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. The Aurora dummy suits closet doors held by a ball catch, roller catch, or magnetic catch.

The Emtek Aurora sandcast bronze dummy is specified for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch. For a 2 inch door, levers rated to that thickness include the Hager 2510 Grade 2 passage at 1-3/8 to 2 inch, the Deltana 6411 Morant entry at 1-3/8 to 2 inch, and the Dexter C1000 asylum function at 1-3/8 to 2 inch. Falcon's K101 Grade 1 passage goes further at 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch.

Five sandcast bronze rosettes are offered with the Aurora lever: #1, #2, #3, #4, and #6. Any Sandcast Bronze rosette can be paired with the lever, which is how you match the trim shape already running on other doors in the house without changing the lever design.

Three finishes: Flat Black Bronze (FB), Medium Bronze (MB), and Tumbled White Bronze (TWB). A split finish can be requested as an order note if you want a different finish on each face of the door, which some buyers do when one side faces a room with different trim hardware.

Two traps. First, keyed and electronic levers are a different function entirely - the Emtek Aurora is non-keyed with a dummy function, while items like the Delaney LP250 electronic keypad leverlock or the Corbin Russwin CL33903 electrified fail safe lever require power and a bored prep. Second, lever trim for exit devices is not a dummy: the Corbin Russwin 585F715 is lock lever trim for the ED8000 pushpad exit device, and the Imperial USA ED-EL500HD is heavy duty escutcheon lever trim with an entry function, both mounting to a device rather than a bare door.

If the decorative sandcast bronze look is not required, two lighter-duty dummy levers cover the same non-latching function: the BEST 7KC Series 1DT is a Grade 2 medium duty single dummy trim cylindrical lever, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. Both are single dummy pieces rather than the pair the Emtek Aurora ships as, and neither is offered in Emtek's sandcast bronze finishes such as Flat Black Bronze, Medium Bronze, or Tumbled White Bronze.

The Emtek Aurora sandcast bronze dummy is a pair, intended for both faces of a door or a matched set. For a one-sided application, the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy lever with 5048 rose is handed and sold as a left hand or right hand half dummy. In commercial trim, the BEST 7KC Series 1DT and the Accentra 455LN Augusta are both single dummy pieces.

The Emtek Aurora sandcast bronze dummy is a residential tubular leverset and its lever and rosette styling will not visually match commercial cylindrical trim. If a facility is standardizing on one commercial family, the Falcon K101 Grade 1 passage is fire rated and covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inch doors, the Corbin Russwin CL3110 Grade 1 passage is fire rated for 1-3/4 to 2 inch doors, and the BEST 9K Series offers a matching Grade 1 dummy trim so decorative and functional openings carry the same lever.

The Emtek Aurora dummy is a rustic sandcast bronze lever offered with #1 through #6 rosettes in Flat Black Bronze, Medium Bronze, and Tumbled White Bronze. For a smoother residential look, the Baldwin Estate 5103 half dummy pairs the lever with the 5048 rose, and the Callan Bentley is a Grade 2 dummy lever. If a matching latching lever is wanted alongside, Bravura offers round-trim passage leversets in the Miramar, Atlanta, and Orlando series and a square-trim passage leverset in the Tampa series, all Grade 2.