Schaub 881 15" Center to Center Empire Appliance Pull

Drill the two mounting holes 15 inches apart on center. The pull itself runs 16 inches overall, so it hangs about a half inch past each hole. On a refrigerator or freezer panel that is already bored, measure the existing hole spacing first, 15 inch centers are common on full-height appliance panels but they are not universal.

The Schaub 881 Empire appliance pull is built on a zinc base material. If a solid brass body is required by the spec, the Omnia 1968/102 and Omnia 1969 modern cabinet pulls are forged solid brass. Note that those Omnia pulls are cabinet pulls in shorter center-to-center spacing - the 1968/102 is a 4 inch center-to-center - while the Schaub 881 is a 15 inch center-to-center appliance pull at 16 inches overall, so the Omnia is a material substitution rather than a length-for-length swap on a refrigerator or dishwasher panel.

The Schaub 881 is an appliance pull at 15 inch center-to-center, sized for refrigerator, freezer and dishwasher panels. For the same doors and drawers in a kitchen, Emtek sells Schaub Collection cabinet pulls - the Emtek 8405 Select, the Alexander, the Art Deco and the Bar cabinet pulls are all catalogued as cabinet knob/pull function in the Schaub Collection, so you can carry Schaub styling down to standard cabinet sizes while using the 881 on the appliance fronts.

Ten finishes: Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Ancient Bronze, Antique Nickel, Brushed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Empire Bronze, Matte Black, Polished Nickel, and Signature Satin Brass. Because it is part of the Empire collection, the knobs and shorter pulls in that same collection carry the matching finish codes, which is how you keep an entire kitchen consistent from the drawer banks up to the refrigerator panel.

The base material is zinc. That is worth knowing if your spec calls for forged solid brass, several alternatives are brass: the Omnia 1968/102 at 4 inch centers, the Omnia 1969 and 1971 at 1-3/16 inch projection, the Omnia 1970 at 1-1/4 inch projection, and the Deltana SBP35 square bar pull at 3-1/2 inches. None of those are appliance-length though, they are standard cabinet sizes.

Not as a direct swap on an appliance front. The Schaub 881 Empire is a 15 inch center-to-center appliance pull, 16 inches overall. The Deltana SBP35 is a 3-1/2 inch modern square bar pull in solid brass, and the Trimco 553 is a drawer pull at 3 inch center-to-center; the Trimco 562 offers 3-1/2 inch, 4 inch and 96mm center-to-center. Those are drawer and small-door sizes and would not span the existing 15 inch hole pattern on an appliance panel.

Schaub classes the Empire 881 as transitional, so it bridges traditional and contemporary cabinetry rather than committing to either. If you want a strictly modern look instead, the square and round bar pulls are the other direction: the Deltana SBP35 modern square bar, the Omnia 1968 through 1971 modern series, or the Orca CK-12001 T-pull bar in steel with a 2 inch bar width.

Stay inside the Empire collection for a finish match, since the 881 carries Empire finish codes like Empire Bronze that other lines will not reproduce exactly. If you are willing to mix, Emtek sells the Schaub Collection through its SELECT 8405 cabinet knobs and pulls plus the Alexander, Art Deco, and Bar series, all built as cabinet knob/pull hardware.

Yes, a Proposition 65 warning applies to the 881. Schaub publishes the details on its product stewardship page, which the product information links to directly. Buyers specifying for California projects should pull that notice for their submittal package.

Yes. The Schaub 881 covers the appliance panels at 15 inch center-to-center, and knobs handle the small doors where a long pull will not fit. Orca Hardware offers the Bachelor Collection round cabinet knob CK-15030 and the round ring knob CK-16030, both 1-1/4 inch diameter, plus the Blackcomb Collection square knob CK-17025 at 25mm. Match the finish family to the 881, which is offered in options including satin nickel, polished chrome, matte black and polished nickel.