With a basic stamp (from parallax inc) you could make a doorbell very easily, one pin for input (button) and one pin for output (sound). Then you could easily make your own tones and have some fun at the samt time.
You program them directly through the serial port of your computer so it's really easy to do...
That's prob. what the microprocessor you're talking about does, I just don't know any easy way to make a "ding-dong" tone using basic components.
Good Luck
//Albert "thec" Sandberg